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The Gospel according to Peter: Mark and I & II Peter is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Apostle Peter is the obvious spokesperson for the Twelve. He was one of the first men chosen to follow and represent Jesus. Church tradition says that John Mark recorded Peters sermons in Rome and turned them into a Gospel for the Romans. Mark appears to have been the first written Gospel because its basic structure is used by both Matthew and Luke. However, because Mark begins at Jesus’...

“ ‘MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD’ ” This is an AORIST ACTIVE IMPERATIVE, which denotes urgency. In the MT, LORD (i.e. adon) is read, but YHWH is in the text. The phrase originally referred to physical preparation for a royal visit (cf. Isa. 57:14; 62:10). It came to refer metaphorically to the ministry of John the Baptist spiritually preparing the way for Jesus the Messiah who is also called “Lord” (i.e. kurios). “ ‘MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT’ ” The MT and LXX have “make straight the paths of our
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