This is a lengthy section devoted to a single theme in Mark’s infrastructure. Recent scholarship has concentrated on “Jesus and his Adversaries” (see A. J. Hultgren’s title given in the bibliography) by examining these “stories of conflict” and pinpointing the nature of the opposition which Jesus’ ministry aroused. We can itemize the leading issues that formed the basis of growing controversy between Jesus and his followers on one side and the representatives
Mark 1:40–3:6