MARK

ZONDERVAN

Exegetical

Commentary

on the

New Testament

MARK L. STRAUSS

CLINTON E. ARNOLD

General Editor

ZONDERVAN

Mark

Copyright © 2014 by Mark L. Strauss

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Strauss, Mark L.

Mark: Zondervan exegetical commentary on the New Testament / Mark L. Strauss; Clinton E. Arnold, general editor.

pages cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 978-0-310-24358-8 (hardcover)

1. Bible. Mark—Commentaries. I. Title.

BS2585.53.S77 2014

226.3′077—dc23

2013041202

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Interior design: Beth Shagene

Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament

Editorial Board

General Editor

Clinton E. Arnold

Talbot School of Theology

Associate Editors

George H. Guthrie

Union University

Constantine R. Campbell

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Thomas R. Schreiner

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

Mark L. Strauss

Bethel Seminary San Diego

Zondervan Editors

Editorial Advisor: Katya Covrett

Production Editor: Verlyn D. Verbrugge

Consulting Editors

Richard Bewes, Rector, All Souls Church, Langham Place, London, UK

Craig Blomberg, Professor of New Testament, Denver Seminary

Ajith Fernando, National Director of Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka

David E. Garland, Dean and William M. Hinson Professor of New Testament,

George W. Truett Theological Seminary

Paul Gardner, Archdeacon of Exeter, Exeter, UK

Carolyn Custis James, Author and Speaker, Orlando, FL

Karen Jobes, Gerald F. Hawthorne Professor of New Testament Greek & Exegesis,

Wheaton College and Graduate School

David W. Pao, Professor of New Testament and Chair of the New Testament Department,

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Frank Thielman, Presbyterian Professor of Divinity, Beeson Divinity School

Tite Tienou, Academic Dean and Professor of Theology of Mission, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

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