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Timothy J. Geddert views Mark as a profound theologian and accomplished writer, not a mere compiler of traditions. Mark's text provokes careful reflection on its subtle and challenging message of hope and its call to follow Jesus "on the way." Mark's Gospel, with some riddles and puzzles, speaks of God as revealed in Jesus of Nazareth. This Jesus is "the Christ, the Son of God." Mark is about...

point of 8:14–21 is still a warning against sign-seeking and a call for discernment. There will not always be symbolic numbers to decode; instead, hearing ears and seeing eyes make it possible to understand what God is doing. Second, the feedings (esp. the first) have a range of hidden meanings (6:41–44, notes). If we focus on the symbolic numbers and ignore the rest, we miss the better part of the meal. The healing miracle in or near Bethsaida (8:22–26) is
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