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A Ransom for Many: The Gospel of Mark Simply Explained is unavailable, but you can change that!

This book is based on a series of sermons preached at Kensington Baptist Church in Bristol, England. The author has increasingly—and beyond his expectations—been drawn in by the sheer power of the storytelling. Grasping something of the skilled and beautiful construction of the gospel has frequently shed fresh light on familiar passages; recognising the half-concealed links to the Old Testament...

them all (1:32–34). There is no illness, no condition that he cannot tackle. There is no demon that can resist his command. Such is his divine power; such is his authority. Finally the crowd clears, the last straggler has gone and Jesus can rest. It has been dark for hours by this time. Surely he will need a good rest, but apparently that is not his priority (1:35). Again we hear Simon Peter’s voice behind Mark’s narrative: ‘It was just getting light when we got up. We looked round for Jesus, but
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