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Mark 1–8: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Although it appears second in the New Testament, Mark is generally recognized as the first Gospel to be written. Captivating nonstop narrative characterizes this earliest account of the life and teachings of Jesus. In the first installment of his two-volume commentary on Mark, New Testament scholar Joel Marcus recaptures the power of Mark’s enigmatic narrative and capitalizes on its lively pace...

also echo 2 Kgs 4:9, in which Elisha is referred to as a “holy man of God” (see Kollmann, “Schweigegebote,” 273); for later Jewish reflection on the holiness of Elisha, see Pirqe R. El. 33 and b. Ber. 10b, and for Elisha as the prototype of Jesus, see the COMMENT on 1:5–6. 25. rebuked. Gk epetimēsen. On the significance of this word, see the COMMENT on 1:23–26. Shut up. Gk phimōthēti, the aorist passive imperative of phimoun, “to muzzle”; literally, then, Jesus says, “Be muzzled!” The effect is slangy
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