Introduction Mk 1:1 - 1-8

 

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ. 2 As it has been written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold I send the messenger of me before (the) face of thee, who will prepare the way of thee; 3 a voice of one crying in the desert: Prepare ye the way of (the) Lord, straight make the paths of him, 4 came John the (one) baptizing in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance of forgiveness of sins. 5 And went out to him all the Judaean country and the Jerusalemites all, and were baptized by him in the Jordan river confessing the sins of them. 6 And was John having been clothed (in) hairs of a camel and girdle a leathern round the loin(s) of him and eating locusts and honey wild. 7 And he proclaimed saying: Comes the (one) stronger of me after me, of whom I am not competent stooping to loosen the thong of the sandals of him. 8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you Spirit in (the) Holy.

(Text is the literal translation from the RSV Interlinear Greek-English New Testament, 1988)

 

Section A

LAW IS BASED UPON AUTHORITY

1:9 - 3:35

 

Paragraph "hooks" are locations of Jesus

 

1.       (Authority is) Based on God's will

1:9-12

new base

            my beloved son

3:20-35

new base

my brother and sister and mother

 

1:9 And it came to pass in those days came Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. 10And immediately going up out of the water he saw being rent the heavens and the Spirit as a dove coming down to him: 11 and a voice there was out of the heavens: Thou art the Son of me the beloved , in thee I was well pleased.

3:20 And he comes into a house; and comes together again the crowd, so as not to be able them not bread to eat. 21 And hearing the (ones) (=his relations) with him went forth to seize him; for they said He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes from Jerusalem coming down said Beelzebub he has and By the ruler of the demons he expels the demons. 23 And calling to (him) them in parables he said to them: How can Satan Satan to expel? 24 And if a kingdom against itself be divided, cannot stand kingdom that; 25 and if a house against itself be divided, will not be able house that to stand. 26 And if Satan stood up against himself and was divided he cannot to stand but an end has. 27 But cannot not (any) one into the house of the strong man entering the goods of him to plunder, unless first the strong man he bind, and then the house of him he will plunder. 28 Truly I tell you that all will be forgiven to the sons of men the sins and the blasphemies, whatever they may blaspheme; 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Spirit Holy, has not forgiveness unto the age, but liable is of an eternal sin. 30 Because they said: spirit an unclean he has. 31 And come the mother of him and the brothers of him, and outside standing sent to him calling him. 32 And sat round him a crowd, and they say to him: Behold the mother of thee and the brothers of thee and the sisters of thee outside seek thee. 33 And answering them he says: Who is the mother of me and the brothers? 34 And looking round (at) the (ones) round him in a circle sitting he says: Behold the mother of me and the brothers of me. 35 Whoever does the will of God, this one brother of me and sister and mother is.

 

 

 

 

2.       (Authority) Extends to Good and bad

1: 12-13            Forth into desert

                        bad and good spirits

3:13-19                         Up into mountain

                        good and bad disciples

 

1:12 And immediately the Spirit him thrust forth into the desert. 13 And he was in the desert forty days being tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.

3:13 And he goes up into the mountain, and calls to (him) (those) whom wished he, and they went to him. 14 And he made twelve that they might be with him, and that he might send them to proclaim 15 and to have authority to expel the demons; 16 and he made the twelve, and he added a name to Simon(,) Peter; 17 and James the (son) of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and he added to them a name(,) Boanerges, which is sons of thunder: 18 and Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James to (son) of Alphaeus and thaddaeus and Simon the Cananaean 19 And Judas Iscariot, who indeed betrayed him.

3.       (Authority) requires support

 

1: 14-20                        Gallilee/ Sea

                        - preaching c/f disciples

3:7-12               Sea

                        - preaching c/f disciples

 

1:14 And after the to be delivered John came Jesus into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God 15 and saying "Has been fulfilled the time and has drawn near the kingdom of God: repent ye and believe in the gospel". 16 And passing along beside the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting (a net) in the sea for they were fishers. 17 And said to them Jesus: Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And immediately leaving the nets they followed him. 19 And going forward a little he saw James the (son) of Zebedee and John the brother of him even them in the ship mending the nets. 20 And immediately he called them: and leaving the father of them Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants they went after him.

3:7 And Jesus with the disciples of him departed to the sea; and a much (great) multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judea and from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and beyond the Jordan and round Tyre and Sidon, multitude a much (great), hearing what things he does, came to him. 9 And he told the disciples of him that a boat should remain near him because of the crowd, lest they should press upon him; 10 for many he healed, so as to fall upon him that him they might touch as many as had plagues. 11 and the spirits unclean, when him they saw, fell before him and cried out saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And much he warned them that not him manifest they should make.