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. I think that no one can answer these questions convincingly. But in Mark 2:25-26 could be a little help for the numbers of the breads. Mark 2:25f David Mark 6:41 Feeding of the 5000 Mark 8:6 Feeding of the 4000 Mark 14:22 Lord’s Supper Have you never read what David did ... how he entered the hous...

Could not all those "don't tell" admonitions be in reaction to charges by average everyday folks the Christians hobnob with their in towns or villages. "Why do you follow someone executed for claiming rule without permission of the emperor? They wouldn't have executed him that way un...

. Jairus' daughter :eek: Very professional mourners - but wait - not so professional 35 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. ... 38 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailin...

. I think we have at least two types of explanations for the so called “messianic secret”. One is based on psychological arguments or on narrative logic or such things. These may two examples Taking the story in Mark 5 at face value: secrecy would not be an option after the destruction of a whole he...

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Ben is shooing us around the corners

KK -- Please try to look at the statement as absolutely appropriate. Mark 3: 4 (RSV): [4] And he said to them, "Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill ?" But they were silent. There are many constructions that would make sense of the meaning here but...

I suspected as much: you and I are speaking of two different things. ... he bits in Mark that I find confusing or clumsy are the ones for which such explanations seem to fall short or are lacking altogether (or for which the explanations smack too loudly of desperation to save Mark either from an e...

. I agree that there are many many problems and I have no answers to your questions. But I suspect that the following verses could form a thematic “cluster”. It’s just a little idea in relation to Bethsaida. the village Bethsaida – searching an earthly King the villages of Caesarea Philippi – confes...

But you would agree that there are supremely clumsy sentences, right? At first glance, yes. Depends on what you mean exactly. For example, what would you find confusing or surrealistic about the healing of the man with the withered hand in Mark 3.1? To me clearly the “withered/dried/shrivelled“ han...

But I think we need to ask ourselves why some parts of Mark come off as brilliant while other parts come off as clumsy and confusing. Is the same person responsible for both? I do not think there is a clumsy story in Mark. But which Markan story is - at first glance - not a bit confusing or has no ...