you [disciples/audience], who will prepare your way.” As the story unfolds, Jesus leads the disciples on the way to Jerusalem and death (10:32), and he goes before them to Galilee (14:28; 16:7). It is only on the second and third reading that we begin to realize that Jesus has come to prepare the way for us to follow him. Marcus argues that mention of the way carries with it apocalyptic expectations. He contends that in Isaiah “the way of the Lord” refers to God’s “victory march” and is a mighty
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