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In The Gospel of Mark, Donahue and Harrington use an approach that can be expressed by two terms currently used in literary criticism: intratextuality and intertextuality. This intratextual and intertextual reading of Mark’s Gospel helps us to appreciate the literary character, its setting in life, and its distinctive approaches to the Old Testament, Jesus, and early Christian theology. ...

48. many were rebuking him: For earlier uses of “rebuke” (epitiman) see 1:25; 3:12; 4:39; 8:30, 32, 33; 9:25; and 10:13. The fact that Bartimaeus is not dissuaded but shouts out all the more confirms the depth of his faith in Jesus. 49. Jesus stopped and said: Call him.” And they called the blind man: Jesus shows his authority by having those who were trying to silence Bartimaeus in v. 48 (perhaps his own disciples as in 10:13) now serve as his messengers. Take courage! Arise!: The verb tharsein
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