Mark's Gospel Passage Analysis
Essays
Essay # 1 The three major themes of Mark’s Gospel would be faith, discipleship and the Jesus as a faith healer and healing by forgiving of sins. Faith is displayed all throughout Mark’s Gospel. For example in “The Healing of a Paralytic” it says “Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven” (2:4-6). This passage from the gospel of Mark show how much faith they have in Jesus. Why else would these people go through this to get there friend to him, if they did not have faith in Jesus. Another example of faith from Mark’s Gospel …show more content…
This passage shows how Jesus fells pity and gives mercy to people who are distressed. The passage could also depict how Luke shows Jesus as having authority.
Jesus in Luke’s Gospel is portrayed more than once as having authority. In “The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry” it says, “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all” (4:14-15). Luke is tells us that Jesus has the authority and the people of Jesus’ time can hear it in his teachings.
Luke shows Jesus forgiving even the worst of people even the one’s the betray him. Luke tells us this in “The Call of Levi” in saying, “Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowed of tax collectors and others were at table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners” (5:29-30). Luke is portraying Jesus as forgiving to everyone no matter you social status or even if you are a sinner, all have a chance to sit with him at his
Essay # 1 The three major themes of Mark’s Gospel would be faith, discipleship and the Jesus as a faith healer and healing by forgiving of sins. Faith is displayed all throughout Mark’s Gospel. For example in “The Healing of a Paralytic” it says “Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven” (2:4-6). This passage from the gospel of Mark show how much faith they have in Jesus. Why else would these people go through this to get there friend to him, if they did not have faith in Jesus. Another example of faith from Mark’s Gospel …show more content…
This passage shows how Jesus fells pity and gives mercy to people who are distressed. The passage could also depict how Luke shows Jesus as having authority.
Jesus in Luke’s Gospel is portrayed more than once as having authority. In “The Beginning of the Galilean Ministry” it says, “Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news of him spread throughout the whole region. He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all” (4:14-15). Luke is tells us that Jesus has the authority and the people of Jesus’ time can hear it in his teachings.
Luke shows Jesus forgiving even the worst of people even the one’s the betray him. Luke tells us this in “The Call of Levi” in saying, “Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and a large crowed of tax collectors and others were at table with them. The Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners” (5:29-30). Luke is portraying Jesus as forgiving to everyone no matter you social status or even if you are a sinner, all have a chance to sit with him at his