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Jesus has always invited and challenged his disciples to follow him in the way of redemptive suffering—the way of the cross. According to Joel B. Green, this is the very heart of Mark’s Gospel, and it is also the heart of discipleship. In The Way of the Cross, Green shows how Mark unfolds the drama of Jesus’ mission to suffer for others, how this mission was not initially understood by the first...

Of course, this understanding of the resurrection as key to overturning the debacle of Jesus’ execution has some merit. As the two travelers on the road to Emmaus demonstrate, for many, Jesus’ crucifixion did raise important questions about his mission (Luke 24:19–21): If Jesus was found guilty in public trial and executed as a pretender to the throne, what are we to say about his public ministry? Did he really speak for God? Against such questions, the resurrection affirms the divine origins of
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