CHAPTER 1 THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL “The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God” (Mk. 1:1). The Gospel of Mark is introduced by this statement, which simply says that it is the beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The word BEGINNING — from the Greek word *arche — means “beginning, origin, the person or thing that commences.” The way the expression is used is somewhere between a title and an introduction. Mark is stating more here than just the fact that it is the start of his
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