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What would you give up to spend just one hour with Jesus as He walked along the Judean countryside? What would you ask Him as you walked along the Sea of Galilee? Believed by some to be the first Gospel account of Jesus' life, the Gospel of Mark captures all of the emotion and marvel of the Son of God! Written from the memoirs of the Apostle Peter by his self-proclaimed "spiritual son" John Mark,...

36–37. The NIV here changes the translation of the word translated “life” (ψυχή, psychē) twice in v. 35. This word can be translated “soul” or “life,” but in this context the translation “soul” is misleading because most modern readers probably understand it to mean a spiritual entity that dwells in the body and separates from it at death. In the New Testament the term is used more holistically of the person or self.20 Jesus’ point is a dramatic one. There is nothing, not even the totality of
Mark 8:36–37
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