Quiz on The Gospel of Mark

When I read Mark during church we would read the long ending, at the time I didn’t know the difference between the endings. I was confused to why there were three different parts to it and they were broken up as if they were supposed to be a new verse. When I asked the leader of the class she couldn’t give me an explanation. With the research I have done I feel that I have come to a conclusion as to which ending is the most correct and why there are multiple endings.

The Gospel of Mark has three different endings rather than one known ending like the other Gospels. The other Gospels are easily ended with an ending that fits. The Gospel of Mark is also much shorter than the other ones, but the most important difference is how he chose to begin and end it. There are many scholars giving reasons for how or why this one ended the way it did, and also where they think the correct ending appears. They too have different views, so they must leave it to the readers to decide what they each personally think. The two extra ending that were added have major differences from the original. But with more than one version of the correct ending, it shows there is a problem.

I did my coat of arms on the gospel of Mark, one of the three synoptic gospels. The top left corner of the coat of arms depicts an image of an angry lion. Back in these times, there was a popular blood sport among the Romans known as damnatio ad bestias, or "condemnation to beasts". In this gruesome type of entertainment, Christians as well as others who were uncooperative with the government, were subject to death in front of a crowd of spectators. They were killed by animals such as tigers, bears, and even lions. In relation, an angry lion can be used to represent these persecuted Christians whom the evangelist Mark mainly preached to.

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.

When you open the Gospel of Mark, you will find that it does not end with the eight sections (MK 16:1-8) of the chapter sixteen. Because there are twelve sections (MK 16: 9-20) for the end of the Mark after that eight sections. However, some Bible scholars believe that twelve sections are not the original ending, because its writing style and sentences are obviously different from the Mark. This text is obviously added to the list after Mark. Scholars believe that there are two relatively credible reasons: First, in the early church, some of the scribes tried to make the story’s outcome more satisfactory; second, Some Bible scholars believe that the original ending of Mark has been lost, so people tried to make up. So why the original ending of the Mark is an omit ending?

According to Powell the secrecy motif is “the secret of Jesus deeds and person as well (pg.44).” Jesus wish to keep his status secret was perhaps taken to be an implied permission for Mark's readers to keep their faith hidden from public scrutiny. This is best shown when “The secrecy theme is a device to explain why some earlier Christians had not know what otherwise would seem obvious. (Powell, 53).” Powell gives two reasons why Jesus may have wanted to keep his identity and his healing powers a secret. One reason was that he wanted to avoid getting arrested before his time had come (pg.52). Another reason was he didn’t want to address unmanageable crowds (pg. 52). Powell writes that the motif of secrecy in Mark’s Gospel is greatly depicted

In Mark 10:45 Jesus spoke how the Son of Man came to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. Jesus words at the last supper meal showed His intention of the cross when He spoke, “This is my body given for you” and “this cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you” (Luke 22:19-20). Jesus saw his death as an outpouring of His blood to make redemption and forgiveness possible. Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane that He was willing to follow through with His death on the cross, if it was still God’s will for Him to do so (Mark 14:35). Jesus knew God’s redemption time was at hand when His enemies came to arrest Him in the garden. Jesus went with them willingly saying in Luke 22:53, “…this is your hour-when

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 Gospel of Mark is the first of the four gospels written by an anonymous source. While there was belief that Mark was a scribe of the apostle Peter, most modern historians have discredited this theory. The book was approximately written c.AD 65–70, during Emperor Nero's persecution of Christians in Rome or the Jewish revolt, this is implied by internal references to the war in Judea and to the heavy themes of persecution. However it is highly likely that the book was altered at different times and some stories may have been changed by translation. Mark was written in Greek, for a gentile audience (as highlighted by translations or interpretations of Jewish language and culture.

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

In the Gospel of Mark, which provides the gospel passage for most Sundays this year, we heard at the Easter Vigil less than a week ago, Mark’s account of the discovery of the empty tomb.

The Gospel of Mark “picks up at the start of Jesus’s ministry” (Gundry, 2012, p. 156). The Gospel is fast-paced and full of action. I enjoyed how you compared the book of Mark to current day cinema that society would love to watch. The Gospel of Mark unashamedly jumps right into the action of Jesus’s life allowing us the opportunity to be a part of the drama as it unfolds.

The book of Mark is the second book of the New Testament and the second book of the Gospels. The second gospel conveys Jesus’s ministry from the time Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist to the time Jesus was crucified, buried, and resurrected from the dead. The Book of Mark includes many short parables and miracle stories. In Scriptures in the World Religions, Coward states that the Gospel of Mark represents a divine transaction whose import involves heaven and earth, and even the scenes of the Passion are recounted with a corresponding austerity (Coward 40). Most Christians believe that the Gospel of Mark is not a recollection of the past; however, they view the Gospel of Mark as restoration of God’s actions in the world. The writer for

After reading Mark, Matthew, and Luke’s beginning Gospels, I found myself being drawn more to Mark’s Gospel. I think I prefer Mark’s Gospel because it reads more like a story. In Luke’s Gospel, I could barely get past the first few lines, it seemed to just drag on and on. In Matthew’s Gospel, I liked how it started with the birth of Jesus and the three magis, but it was not as good as Marks. In beginning of the Gospel of Mark it wrote about John the Baptist, the baptism of Jesus, sin, and Jesus healing people. In Mark’s Gospel it gives specific detail with draws me into the story more. For example when Mark was describing John he said, “John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of skin about his loins.” This quotes shows the descriptive