- Teaching and healing. fast paced, relentless A man on a mission. time is of the essence. Mark gets to the point, like his testimony is "This is what you need to know"
- Christ is on a mission full speed ahead as we would say. no time to stop and think, here is Christ, here's what he did. Mark stresses it seems, the key aspects of his gospel so it build up a picture in the readers mind of urgency. why?
- He look at them with anger. Is there a link between the Corn and the withered hand? Mark 3:5
New Testament Reading Plan Week 1: Mark 1–5
Dig deeper in Mark 1–5 with these prompts.
[1] Jeffrey E. Miller and Elliot Ritzema, Study, Apply, Share: Mark (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012).
[2] Perry G. Phillips, “The Crowds That Followed Jesus,” in Lexham Geographic Commentary on the Gospels, ed. Barry J. Beitzel and Kristopher A. Lyle, Lexham Geographic Commentary (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2016), Matthew 4:24–Luke 6:18.