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Mark targets his Gospel to the Romans, and depicts Jesus as a servant.One further point here. It appears that, even when Mark was written (around 70 CE), Jesus was regarded as simply a man. The "son of God" reference in Mark 1:1 was not added until after the 3rd Century - the earliest manuscripts don't have it. Mark mentions nothing about Virgin birth, etc. These things are all added in later 'revisions'.....
QV please:
The order of events, combining the four narratives, is as follows: Three women, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, start for the sepulchre, (wrong...John clearly indicates Mary only)followed by other women bearing spices. The three find the stone rolled away,(wrong...Matthew claims that an earthquake occurred at that time to roll the stone away) and Mary Magdalene goes to tell the disciples (wrong....Mark claims that they said "nothing to any man")(Lk. 23:55; 24:9; John 20:1,2). Mary, the mother of James and Joses, draws nearer the tomb and sees the angel of the Lord (Ahem....how many angels..?? And are you sure it was angels and not simply a "young man" as claimed in Mark..?)(Mt. 28:2). She goes back to meet the other women following with the spices. Meanwhile Peter and John, warned by Mary Magdalene, arrive, look in,and go away (John 20:3-10). Mary Magdalene returns weeping, sees the two angels (so, now it's TWO....?)and then Jesus (John 20:11-18), and goes as He bade her to tell the disciples. Mary (mother of James and Joses), meanwhile, has met the women with the spices and, returning with them, they see the two angels (Lk. 24:4,5; Mk. 16:5). They also receive the angelic message, and, going to seek the disciples, are met by Jesus (Mt. 28:8-10).
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Neat, isn't it?
Why do I say "neat"?
It's interesting that, after the resurrection, Jesus' half-brother, James, wrote a book of the Bible, detailing how one should be able to spot a Christian a mile away.
The before-and-after change of attitude toward Jesus by His own family served as a powerful testimony of the Resurrection.
Matthew 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
I'm not going to address each one of these individually, especially since you didn't provide any references, and your very first "wrong" is wrong.Failing grade I'm afraid......despite the Olympian gymnastics, it still leaks like a sieve.....
Mark targets his Gospel to the Romans, and depicts Jesus as a servant.
Thus "straightway" is found 19 times; "immediately" is found 17 times; and "anon" is found 1 time.
Words indicative of a servant responding immediately.
Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious.Gobbledygook.........
You been talking to Jehovah's Witnesses or something?so even his mother just simply lost track of the fact that she had supposedly given birth to the son of a god....?
And yet, when He performed His first miracle at Cana, Mary had this to say to those around Him ...That he must have been mad to think that he could perform miracles...?
More like early onset of wisdom.Early onset Alzheimer's for poor Mary perhaps...?
I'm not going to address each one of these individually, especially since you didn't provide any references, and your very first "wrong" is wrong.
You said John clearly indicates Mary only, and I don't see any such thing.
Here's what John said:
John 20:1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
Show me where you get the idea: "Mary only."
It's called verbal plenary inspiration.So, Mark uses a little 'creative licence' in appealing to a particular audience...?
He died for what he wrote.He shades the story in such a way as to not affront the Romans...?
SOURCEThe Evangelist, John Mark, was martyred in Alexandria, on March 30th, the day after Easter Sunday, in the spring of Nero's 11th year as emperor.
John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.Tell me again about how the Bible is supposed to be the 'Truth'.........
[The late] C. I. Scofield did it for you; and I'm sure he enjoyed every minute of it and was blessed for his work.we are supposed to simply 'fill in' the missing details on Mark's behalf...?
Hahahahaha....!
Ok, perhaps you can give a "stunningly accurate" answer to these couple of questions....
How many women were present when the 'empty tomb' was discovered..?
1...?....2...?.....3...?.....more...?
Why does Matthew have to correct the glaring error in Mark 1:2 if this document is "stunningly accurate"...?
The same reason that it says He came unto His Own and His Own received Him not. The same reason it says a man's foes will be of his own household. The same reason a prophet has no honor in his own country.Why, in Mark, does Jesus' family think that he is going mad when he begins preaching, driving out demons, healing, etc...? Had they just forgotten about his supposedly divine origins...!.
One further point here. It appears that, even when Mark was written (around 70 CE), Jesus was regarded as simply a man. The "son of God" reference in Mark 1:1 was not added until after the 3rd Century - the earliest manuscripts don't have it. Mark mentions nothing about Virgin birth, etc. These things are all added in later 'revisions'.....
For your info, the son of man is a Messianic title from the old testament. It denotes how God would also be a man one day, born as a man. That was Jesus.One further point here. It appears that, even when Mark was written (around 70 CE), Jesus was regarded as simply a man. The "son of God" reference in Mark 1:1 was not added until after the 3rd Century - the earliest manuscripts don't have it. Mark mentions nothing about Virgin birth, etc. These things are all added in later 'revisions'.....
For your info, the son of man is a Messianic title from the old testament. It denotes how God would also be a man one day, born as a man. That was Jesus.
A mouse can adapt because Jesus created the first mouse kind, whatever it was, with the ability to adapt. He adapted to a human body, then adapted to an eternal raised body, as we will.
Evolution can be a scriptural thing!
The same reason that it says He came unto His Own and His Own received Him not. The same reason it says a man's foes will be of his own household. The same reason a prophet has no honor in his own country.
Jesus was the eldest, so none of the other kids were even there at the events of Bethlehem.
Ummmmm.........including his MOTHER......!?
You know, the one that was supposedly told by an angel that she was being impregnated with the son of a god.......she somehow just forgot all that and thought that her son was mad when he began his preaching....!?
For your info, the son of man is a Messianic title from the old testament. It denotes how God would also be a man one day, born as a man. That was Jesus.
So do you.You need to go and study that book that you say guides your life......
You tell him he needs to study "that book," then you start yakking about "original manuscripts"?The original manuscripts of Mark (well, the earliest ones that we have...) make no reference to Jesus being anything other than a man.
Snuck all these in, did they?The "son of God" reference was added to Mark 1:1 centuries later....!
So? Either they had inspired stuff that took a little longer to get in the collection we call the bible, or not! You thought God didn't allow that?A lot of stuff was not in the oldest copies of the NT and were added later. The story of the adulteress, the last 10 or so verses of Mark and a variety of other things.
Excellent point.The before-and-after change of attitude toward Jesus by His own family served as a powerful testimony of the Resurrection.
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