Commentary on Mark (Commentary on the New Testament Book #2)

H. Gundry Robert

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Delve Deeper into God's WordIn this verse-by-verse commentary, Robert Gundry offers a fresh, literal translation and a reliable exposition of Scripture for today's readers.The Gospel of Mark counters the shame of Jesus' crucifixion by showcasing Jesus' power to perform miracles, cast out demons, teach authoritatively, best his opponents in debate, attract crowds, and predict the future. Pastors, Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, and laypeople will welcome Gundry's nontechnical explanations and clarifications. And Bible students at all levels will appreciate his sparkling interpretations.This selection is from Gundry's Commentary on the New Testament.

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• Publié par: Baker Publishing Group
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781441237590
• Langue: English

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Commentary on Mark
Robert H. Gundry
© 2010 by Robert H. Gundry
Published by Baker Academic
a division of Baker Publishing Group
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Ebook edition created 2011
Previously appeared in Robert H. Gundry, Commentary on the New Testament (Baker Academic, 2010).
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for Commentary on the New Testament is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4412-3759-0
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Mark
JOHN’S PREDICTING A MORE POWERFUL BAPTIZER THAN HE Mark 1:1–8
GOD’S EMPOWERMENT, ACKNOWLEDGMENT, AND APPROVAL OF JESUS Mark 1:9–11
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF JESUS’ STATUS AS GOD’S SON BY SATAN, WILD BEASTS, AND ANGELS Mark 1:12–13
THE STRONGER ONE’S ARRIVING ON THE SCENE Mark 1:14–15
THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF JESUS’ POWER OF ATTRACTION Mark 1:16–20
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY IN TEACHING AND EXORCISM Mark 1:21–28
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF POWER OVER SICKNESS, DISEASE, AND DEMONS Mark 1:29–34
JESUS’ EXHIBITING MAGNETIC POWER AGAIN Mark 1:35–45
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY TO FORGIVE SINS Mark 2:1–12
THE MAGNETIC POWER OF JESUS OVER TAX COLLECTORS AND SINNERS AND HIS EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY TO EAT WITH THEM Mark 2:13–17
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY IN REGARD TO FASTING Mark 2:18–22
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY OVER THE SABBATH Mark 2:23–28
JESUS’ EXERCISING AUTHORITY TO HEAL ON THE SABBATH Mark 3:1–6
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF MAGNETIC POWER YET AGAIN Mark 3:7–12
THE APPOINTMENT OF TWELVE APOSTLES AS EVIDENCE OF JESUS’ OVERWHELMING MAGNETISM Mark 3:13–19
THE DERIVATION OF JESUS’ POWER FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT Mark 3:20–35
JESUS’ SPEAKING IN PARABLES TO ESTABLISH GOD’S REIGN AMONG THE DISCIPLES AND TO SHUT OUT NONDISCIPLES Mark 4:1–34
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY OVER THE WIND AND SEA Mark 4:35–41
JESUS’ WINNING A DOUBLE VICTORY OVER LEGION Mark 5:1–20
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF POWER OVER DEATH Mark 5:21–43
JESUS’ INVALIDATION OF UNBELIEF BY MEANS OF ASTONISHING MIRACLES Mark 6:1–6a
JESUS’ EXTENDING HIS AUTHORITY THROUGH THE APOSTLES Mark 6:6b–29
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF POWER IN THE FEEDING OF FIVE THOUSAND MEN WITH ONLY FIVE LOAVES OF BREAD AND TWO FISH Mark 6:30–44
JESUS’ AMAZING FEAT OF WALKING ON THE SEA Mark 6:45–52
AN OVERFLOWING OF JESUS’ POWER TO HEAL Mark 6:53–56
JESUS’ DEMONSTRATION OF DOMINANCE OVER PHARISEES AND SCHOLARS AND OF AUTHORITY OVER THE OLD TESTAMENT LAW Mark 7:1–23
JESUS’ EXORCISING A DEMON AT A DISTANCE AND WITHOUT A COMMAND Mark 7:24–30
JESUS’ STUPENDOUS HEALING OF A DEAF-MUTE Mark 7:31–37
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF POWER IN THE FEEDING OF FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE WITH SEVEN LOAVES AND A FEW SMALL FISH Mark 8:1–9
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY IN DENYING A REQUEST FOR A SIGN FROM HEAVEN Mark 8:10–12
JESUS’ PROVING HIS MIRACULOUS POWER TO BE MORE THAN ADEQUATE Mark 8:13–21
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF HEALING POWER IN A PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT CASE OF BLINDNESS Mark 8:22–26
JESUS’ DISPLAY OF POWER TO PREDICT HIS OWN FATE AND THAT OF OTHERS Mark 8:27–9:1
A SUPPLYING OF VISUAL AND AUDITORY EVIDENCE THAT JESUS IS GOD’S SON Mark 9:2–13
JESUS’ DISPLAY OF SUPERPOWER IN A SPECIALLY DIFFICULT EXORCISM Mark 9:14–29
JESUS’ DISPLAY OF ABILITY TO PREDICT HIS OWN DEATH AND RESURRECTION Mark 9:30–32
JESUS’ TEACHING WITH EXPLOSIVE FORCE Mark 9:33–50
JESUS’ EXERCISE OF POWER IN A PUTDOWN OF PHARISEES ON THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE Mark 10:1–12
JESUS’ MAKING LITTLE CHILDREN AN EXAMPLE OF MEMBERSHIP IN GOD’S KINGDOM Mark 10:13–16
JESUS’ SHATTERING THE ACCEPTED ECONOMICS OF SALVATION Mark 10:17–31
JESUS’ DISPLAY OF ABILITY TO FORECAST HIS OWN DESTINY Mark 10:32–34
JESUS’ DISPLAY OF ABILITY TO PREDICT THE DESTINY OF HIS DISCIPLES Mark 10:35–45
JESUS’ SHOWING MERCY AS DAVID’S SON IN THE RESTORATION OF SIGHT TO BARTIMAEUS Mark 10:46–52
JESUS PROVED TO BE AN UNERRING PREDICTOR AND ACCLAIMED TO BE THE COMING ONE Mark 11:1–10
JESUS’ ISSUANCE OF A STRONG CURSE Mark 11:11–14
THE AWE-INSPIRING TEACHING OF JESUS AT HIS CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE Mark 11:15–18
THE STARTLING FULFILLMENT OF JESUS’ CURSE AND HIS STARTLING ANSWERS Mark 11:19–25
JESUS’ OUTWITTING ALL THREE CLASSES OF THE SANHEDRIN Mark 11:27–12:12
A Special Note on the Cursing And Withering of the Fig Tree
JESUS’ MARVELOUS ESCAPE FROM THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA Mark 12:13–17
JESUS’ EXPOSÉ OF THE SADDUCEES’ IGNORANCE Mark 12:18–27
A SCHOLAR’S COMING TO RECOGNIZE THE TRUTH OF JESUS’ TEACHING Mark 12:28–34
JESUS’ EXPOSÉ OF THE SCHOLARS’ IGNORANCE, PRETENTIOUSNESS, AND RAPACITY Mark 12:35–40
JESUS’ UPSETTING OF POPULAR OPINION ON THE SIZE OF GIFTS Mark 12:41–44
JESUS’ DISPLAY OF ABILITY TO PREDICT THE FATES OF THE TEMPLE, THE WORLD, AND THE SELECTED ONES, AND TO PREDICT HIS COMING AS THE SON OF MAN Mark 13:1–37
JESUS’ MAKING OF FURTHER PREDICTIONS AND THE STARTING OF FULFILLMENTS Mark 14:1–11
JESUS’ MAKING OF PREDICTIONS CONCERNING A PREPARATION FOR THE PASSOVER, AND THEIR FULFILLMENTS Mark 14:12–16
JESUS’ EXHIBITING FOREKNOWLEDGE OF HIS BETRAYAL, VIOLENT DEATH, AND ULTIMATE VICTORY Mark 14:17–25
A CONTEST OF PREDICTIVE ABILITY: JESUS VERSUS PETER AND THE OTHER DISCIPLES Mark 14:26–31
THE FLOWERING OF FULFILLMENT FOR JESUS’ PREDICTIONS Mark 14:32–52
THE FULFILLING OF JESUS’ PREDICTIONS OF HIS REJECTION BY THE SANHEDRIN AND OF PETER’S DISOWNINGS OF HIM Mark 14:53–72
THE FULFILLING OF JESUS’ PREDICTION THAT HE WOULD BE GIVEN OVER TO THE GENTILES AND FLOGGED Mark 15:1–15
THE FULFILLING OF JESUS’ PREDICTION THAT THE GENTILES WOULD MOCK HIM Mark 15:16–20c
JESUS’ EXPIRING IN A WAY THAT DEMONSTRATES HIS DIVINE SONSHIP Mark 15:20d–27, 29–41
THE DIGNIFYING OF JESUS’ BODY IN BURIAL Mark 15:42–47
THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS AS A FULFILLMENT OF HIS PREDICTIONS Mark 16:1–7
THE OVERAWING OF THOSE WHO HEARD THE NEWS THAT JESUS HAD BEEN RAISED Mark 16:8
A Special Note on Mark’s Ending
Notes
Back Cover
Acknowledgments
My sincere thanks to Shirley Decker-Lucke, Editorial Director at Hendrickson Publishers, for accepting this exposition of the New Testament for publication; to Mark House, Phil Frank, and others for their work there on the publication; and to the Baker Academic team for their work on this reprint. My brother Stan Gundry, whose contributions to Christian publishing are deservedly well-known, encouraged me to write the exposition. Connie Gundry Tappy copyedited the manuscript. Her copyediting included not only the correction of errors and the refinement of style, but also a host of interpretive improvements and scriptural cross-references arising out of her comprehensive knowledge of the Bible. To her, my daughter as well as my copyeditor, I affectionately dedicate this volume.
Robert H. Gundry Westmont College Santa Barbara, California
Introduction
Dear reader,
Here you have part of a commentary on the whole New Testament, published by Baker Academic both in hardback and as an ebook. The electronic version has been broken into segments for your convenience and affordability, though if you like what you find here you may want to consider the whole at a proportionately lower cost. Whether in whole or in part, the e-version puts my comments at your fingertips on your easily portable Kindle, iPad, smartphone, or similar device.
I’ve written this commentary especially for busy people like you lay people with jobs and families that take up a lot of time, Bible study leaders, pastors, and all who take the New Testament seriously that is, people who time-wise and perhaps money-wise can’t afford the luxury of numerous heavyweight, technical commentaries on the individual books making up the section of the Bible we call the New Testament. So technical questions are avoided almost entirely, and the commentary concentrates on what will prove useful for understanding the scriptural text as a basis for your personal life as a Christian, for discussion with others, and for teaching and preaching.
Group discussion, teaching, and preaching all involve speaking aloud, of course, and when the New Testament was written, even private reading was done aloud. Moreover, most authors dictated their material to a writing secretary, and books were ordinarily read aloud to an audience. In this commentary, then, I’ve avoided almost all abbreviations (which don’t come through as such in oral speech) and have freely used contractions that characterize speaking (“we’ll,” “you’re,” “they’ve,” and so on). To indicate emphasis in oral speech, italics also occur fairly often.
You’ll mostly have to make your own practical and devotional applications of the scriptural text. But such applications shouldn’t disregard or violate the meanings intended by the Scripture’s divinely inspired authors and should draw on the richness of those meanings. So I’ve interpreted them in detail. Bold print indicates the text being interpreted. Translations of the original Greek are my own. Because of the interpretations’ close attention to detail, my translations usually, though not always, gravitate to the literal and sometimes produce run-on sentences and other nonstandard, convoluted, and even highly unnatural English. Square brackets enclose intervening clarifications, however, plus words in English that don’t correspond to words in the Greek text but do need supplying to make good sense. (As a language, Greek has a much greater tendency than English does to omit words meant to be supplied mentally.) Seemingly odd word-choices in a translation get justified in the following comments. It needs to be said as well that the very awkwardness of a literal translation often highlights feature