“Who then is this?” the disciples ask after Jesus calms the storm on the sea (4:41). It is the question at the heart of Mark’s Gospel. Jesus himself raises this question when he asks his disciples, “But who do you say that I am?” (8:29). Mark has already provided the answer at the beginning of his work: Jesus is the Messiah, the beloved Son of God (1:1, 11). But it is not enough merely to understand the words; the point is to allow their full reality to come to light through a personal encounter