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Reading Notes: The Gospel of Mark Part A

This week I chose to read the Gospel of Mark. I chose this because I wanted to use this as my weekly reflection on where my life is going these days. I find that every time you read a different passage in the bible, you get a new experience or insight from it. As it said in the introduction, this version did not have the typical verses like the bible usually does, which made it feel more like I was listening to this story back in the time this was first being told.

The gospel of Mark is interesting to me because, while each of the gospels tell the same story of Jesus, they each focus on a different audience and tell it in their own way. I feel like Mark's version of the story of Jesus isn't as symbolic as some of the others, its very factual. I think it’s interesting that this gospel starts with the baptism of Christ, while omitting the birth and other traditional stories about his life. 

In part A of the reading, I want to focus in on is Jesus the Healer. This section of the reading focuses in on many of the miracles Jesus performed, especially among those with unclean spirits. I think it’s interesting that when he cast the unclean spirits out of a man, he forces them upon the swine. This probably coincides with the Jewish belief that pork is unclean and they did not eat it certain times of the year. I think this image can be more so related to our times because Mark emphasizes that every person that was healed by Jesus asked for help and forgiveness. Jesus was doing things that no one had done before, and all he asked for in return was that people believe in him. By doing this, I think he started the Christian mindset that we should always humble ourselves, and that we should always believe that anything is possible through God and his son.

Bibliography: The Gospel of Mark, Mark, King James Translation


Image: Jesus heals the sick

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