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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...

But this seemingly categoric promise of forgiveness (“all things will be forgiven,” 3:28) is immediately qualified: there will be no forgiveness for those who sin “against the Holy Spirit” (3:29). This qualification is not surprising in light of other ancient Jewish traditions. A rule may be stated categorically, then an exception adduced; m. Sanh. 10:1, for example, is parallel in both form and content: “All Israel has a share in the world to come … And these are they that have no share in the world
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