Joel F. Williams

EXEGETICAL GUIDE to the GREEK NEW TESTAMENT

Mark

Andreas J. Köstenberger

Robert W. Yarbrough

General Editors

Nashville, Tennessee

Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament: Mark

Copyright © 2020 by Joel F. Williams

Published by B&H Academic

Nashville, Tennessee

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-4336-7609-3

Dewey Decimal Classification: 226.3

Subject Heading: BIBLE. N.T. MARK—STUDY AND TEACHING / BIBLE. N.T. MARK—CRITICISM

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are taken from The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible®, and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers, all rights reserved.

The Greek text of Mark is from The Greek New Testament, Fifth Revised Edition, edited by Barbara Aland, Kurt Aland, Johannes Karavidopoulos, Carlo M. Martini, and Bruce M. Metzger in cooperation with the Institute for New Testament Textual Research, Munster/Westphalia, © 2014 Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart. Used by permission.

To Becky for her love throughout life

Contents

Acknowledgments

Publisher’s Preface

General Introduction to the EGGNT Series

Abbreviations

Mark

Introduction

Authorship

Occasion And Date

For Further Study

1. The Historical Circumstance behind Mark’s Gospel

Outline

For Further Study

2. The Outline of Mark’s Gospel

3. The Study of Mark’s Gospel as Narrative

Mark’s Greek Style

For Further Study

4. Mark’s Greek Style

Homiletical Suggestions for Mark’s Gospel

Recommended Commentaries

I. Jesus as the Powerful Messiah (1:1–8:26)

A. The Beginning of Jesus’s Ministry: Preparation in the Wilderness (1:1–13)

1. Opening (1:1)

For Further Study

5. Mark’s Christology

6. The Genre of Mark’s Gospel

2. John the Baptist’s Preaching in the Wilderness (1:2–4)

For Further Study

7. The Use of the Old Testament in Mark’s Gospel

3. John the Baptist’s Baptizing Ministry in the Jordan (1:5–8)

4. Jesus’s Baptism in the Jordan (1:9–11)

5. Jesus’s Temptation in the Wilderness (1:12–13)

For Further Study

8. The Prologue of Mark’s Gospel

Homiletical Suggestions

Let Me Introduce You to Jesus (1:1–15)

Baptism and Identity (1:9–11)

Temptation: Jesus’s and Ours (1:12–13; cf. Heb 4:15)

B. Jesus’s Initial Ministry in Galilee (1:14–3:35)

1. Summary and Initial Response (1:14–45)

(a) [Transition] Summary of Jesus’s Preaching in Galilee (1:14–15)

Homiletical Suggestions

The Early Ministry in Galilee (1:14–3:35): Jesus’s Authority and What to Do about It

(b) Calling of Disciples: The Inner Circle (1:16–20)

For Further Study

9. The Disciples in Mark’s Gospel

Homiletical Suggestions

Jesus and His Followers (1:14–20)

Following Jesus’s Call on Your Life (1:16–20)

(c) One Day in Capernaum (1:21–39)

Homiletical Suggestions

Authority and Mission (1:21–39)

(d) Healing of the Leper (1:40–45)

For Further Study

10. Miracles in Mark’s Gospel

Homiletical Suggestions

Compassion and Mission (1:40–45)

2. Controversy with Religious Leaders (2:1–3:6)

(a) Conflict over ...