In the opening prologue, Mark informs his readers that the content of his Gospel is Jesus Christ, the Son of God (1:1), and 1:1–13 serves as the beginning of the good news concerning him (Matera 1988; Hooker 1991: 31–52; France 2002: 54–87; J. Edwards 2002: 23–42; Donahue and Harrington 2002: 59–70;1 contra Keck 1965: 352–70; Guelich 1989: 3–46; Boring 1991: 53–59; Marcus 2000: 137–76). These verses serve as the
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