Explain how mark understands the significance of Jesus

Background

The Gospel of Mark, advised individually of the two other synoptic gospels, was examined as bearing little implication from the time of the Church Fathers until the nineteenth century when the historic-critical procedure begun to flourish in up to date biblical scholarship. This neglect of the Marian account may have been due to the detail that numerous of the happenings explained in it are currently comprised in the gospels of Matthew and Luke where they are couched in what, at the start glimpse, appear to be more complicated theological themes. It may have furthermore been due to the unpolished narrative of Mark with numerous of the gospel parts being connected by a simple “and” and “immediately.” Additionally, there are in Mark no infancy narratives, Beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount, or the Lord's Prayer, and there is a shortage of parables in evaluation to Matthew or Luke. But in latest times, we have seen a increasing concern in what the Gospel of Mark can offer in periods of Christology. Thus, in an effort to realize the theology comprised in the Marian account, let us attempt—as far as possible—to assemble a image of Jesus relying solely on the text of the Gospel of Mark.

Analysis

Before diving into the text, it is significant to highlight the chronicled context in which this Gospel was in writing, for it presents signs as to what Mark was seeking to express to the first hearers of his Gospel. There is agreement amidst most scholars that Mark was in writing at round A.D. 69-73 in Rome throughout the persecution of Christians under Nero. Hence, the topic of pain and situation essential for discipleship are centered to Mark, because of the hardships that the Christian community was undergoing at that time.

Mark summarizes the topic and theology that will be at the center of his gospel in the first fifteen verses. In the unfastening verses, Mark devotes signs to his book reader that Jesus is not only a prophet when he mentions to him as “Lord” through the phrases of the prophet Isaiah (1:3), “one mighty” (1:7) and the One who is the giver of the Holy Spirit (1:8) through the phrases of John the Baptist. After Jesus is baptized, Mark explains that the heavens were “torn open” and that the Spirit descended upon him (1:10). This imagery that Mark uses—heavens being “torn open” ...