How Is Jesus Portrayed In Mark 1: 12-20

While both books of Mark and Matthew portray Peter as one of the most important followers of Jesus, Mark seems to emphasize Jesus' spiritual career unlike the broad, more in-depth pursuit of Jesus' life that Matthew embellishes on. As both Jesus' student and friend, Peter is the one disciple most commonly referred to in the stories. Yet the two passages seem to draw different pictures of Jesus' distinguished disciple. In Matthew, Peter seems to play a larger role in Jesus' teachings and seems more significant to Jesus throughout the book. In Mark, he is still important, but to a lesser extent in the eyes of the author. Mark leaves Peter out of a few of the stories altogether and only touches

In the Gospel of Mark, Mark discloses the life of Jesus and his embodiment of God’s Kingdom. Throughout his Gospel, Mark focuses on accurately revealing Jesus’ identity to his readers, and explaining why Jesus was destined to die on the Cross. Mark uses his role as an arranger by employing a diverse array of literary tactics to highlight the lessons of his narrative. One of the most effective of these devices is intercalation—the process of sandwiching one story between the beginning and ending of a separate story. For most people, this tactic would at first appear as impractical or senseless; however, through this process Mark is able to convey a deeper meaning in the lessons he is hoping to share through the life of Jesus, and what it infers about the nature of God’s Kingdom. One of the most notable examples of intercalation in the Gospel of Mark is seen in Mark 5:21-43: the story of the raising of Jairus’ twelve-year-old daughter and the woman who suffered from hemorrhages. Through the intercalation of these two passages, Mark is able to express that the boundaries of God’s Kingdom expand beyond social status and wealth, and that faith alone is all that is needed to be a part of His divine realm.

The gospel of Mark is a short recollection of Jesus life, it has many details but is missing pieces or additions to his life. The Gospel of mark was said to have lost pieces, and also the first account of Jesus life. Although it is not as detailed in some areas as it is in others, it tells many accounts of Jesus life on earth and what kind of a person he was, the life he lived, his struggles and his ending.

An prophetic figure common to both the Bible and the Qur’an is Jesus, however, Jesus is presented in a different ways in both texts. Sometimes the differences are subtle and sometimes more radical. The New Testament stories about Jesus from primary sources, such as his disciples. The Qur’an was written much later in the time of Mohammad in approximately 650 AD and Jesus’ life, and its power, comes from received wisdom diluted by generations of people.

For this reason Jesus sought out people to carry on his message far long after he was gone. First came Peter, followed by Andrew and the rest of the 12 disciples: James, John, Phillip, Bartholomew, Mathew, Thomas, James, Simon, Thaddeus, and Judas Iscariot. Together they challenged the beliefs of people, but most importantly the beliefs of the Roman Empire. Travelling from town to town, healing the sick, pardoned sins and spread the love of his father, God. This However came with repercussions from the Roman Empire; Jesus’ inspirational words were causing uproar amongst his followers, and the Roman Empire was aware of this.

In the Gospel of Mark 12:38-44 Jesus was warning the people about the scribes. He said the scribes took advantage of greetings, places, and seats of honor and that they would be punished for what they have done. Jesus then got up and sat next to the place where people placed money in the treasury. He saw that the people who were wealthy did contribute a large amount of money. Then Jesus saw a poor old widow. The widow placed two coins that were worth very little. Jesus then turned to his disciples and explained that this poor woman had given more than anyone else. Even if what she gave was very little, it was everything she had to give.

The writer of Mark visualized the Kingdom of God as the next part in the fulfilling of God's guarantee of a better world of tranquility and virtue. The Kingdom according to Mark was not a physical location, but actually something seen in mind and spirit that would connect us to the Creator. This Kingdom has also been called many things like paradise or "heaven on earth."

The Gospel of Mark assigns Jesus to three roles that identifies Jesus as the Son of Man who is an earthly figure that instructs with power, the Son of Man, who serves on earth as a servant who accepts suffering and a future eschatological judge, the Son of Man, who will be made known to others as a coming judge in eschatological judgment (Harris, 2014, p.147). Interestingly, Mark portrayed Jesus as the Son of Man for the purpose of informing others that Jesus is a servant who must suffer and die before ascending to heaven. The concept “Son of Man” appears in the Book of Ezekiel as it closely associates to the words “mortal or “human being”, normally the prophet himself. In the Book of Daniel, “one like a son of man” is viewed as a heavenly

The book of Mark emphasis on miracles, consequently, twenty specific miracles is offered as evidence to prove Jesus is the Messiah. Therefore, incomparably the book of Mark has more than any other of the gospels. Mark is the shortest of the synoptic gospels. It is believed to be written by John Mark in or around the late 50s or 60s A.D. The theme of Mark is to show the Lord Jesus as Messiah the Son of God, Who was sent to redeem the world. It’s also, believed the book of Mark was written to the Romans. They were only interested in the plain story of Jesus. It begins with John the Baptist on the scene preparing the people for the coming of the Messiah. The focus quickly shifts to the Messiah’s message, ministry, the appointing of the disciples,

5:10. Among these others were James and John, the sons of Zebedee. John may have been one of the first followers of Jesus. As fishing partners with Simon, they would have shared in the task of cleaning the nets and hauling in the fish, as well as the potential rewards from such a great

In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus’ story is told the the eyes of those around him. Within the text there are many perspectives mentioned, most of who encounter a moment with Jesus. Deeds such as curing diseases with the touch of his hand, removing unclean spirits, and feeding those around him seemed to have simultaneously sparked questions or uncertainty and belief in his greatness. Which leads to the question who is Jesus and why does he matter.

Mark describes Jesus as the Son of Man in three different ways (Harris, 2014). The first of these is that he is that he serves the earth. In Mark, under this category, Jesus has the power to forgive people of their sins, and is the Lord of the Sabbath. Secondly, mark ascribes Jesus as the suffering son of man, having to do with the suffering he endured during the Passion. Lastly, Mark assigns Jesus as the Eschatological Son of Man, referred to when he writes that he will be seen again.

The Gospel of Mark is the second book of one of the four gospels in the Christian New Testament. It was written according to John Mark. However, the earliest reference to the Gospel of Mark comes from Papias, an early Christian writer, and bishop. Scholars have tried to prove the certainty of the degree of who wrote the Gospel of Mark. They have been unable to verify these accounts due to the type of information, and the collection of secondhand preaching is not in chronological order (Harris, 2014). According to tradition, John Mark, a traveling companion of The Apostle Paul and an interpreter of Simon Peter, wrote the gospel using Peter's eyewitness accounting with Jesus. Scholars acknowledged that he utilized some of Jesus’ parables as his

The concept of ‘seeing’ the ways of Jesus and that He is the Messiah, is to truly understand the message being portrayed throughout the Gospel, and not the surface meaning that is being represented literally. This concept was very significant to Jesus and his followers as to interpret the meaning without being said, most parables being related to the Kingdom of God and Jesus’ miracle stories. Times were harsh and difficult to spread and teach the words of Jesus, as Mark’s community would face persecution. The disciples of Jesus could ‘see’ more than other believers could perceive, from being apart of Jesus’ life with close relationships, as they were taught the fundamentals from Jesus himself to understand his teachings in much more depth and fluency than others. There were many similarities among Jesus’ twelve disciples and Mark’s community, as both groups share the strong faith in Jesus and God’s power by spreading the good news to others as well as experiencing hardships caused by arrogant hierarchy and society. According to Mark, Jesus was known for his parables and

When Jesus called his first disciples, he told Simon Peter that he would now be a fisher of men. They pulled the boats to the shore, and in order to follow him they left everything behind (Luke 5:10-11). Once we