Tag: gospel-of-mark

  • Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, 4th February 2024

    Mark 1:29-391:29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 1:30 Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. 1:31 He came and took her by the hand and lifted her up. Then the fever…

  • Preaching Paths 4 February 2024

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Like a painter applying quick strokes, broad and vivid, to a canvas, Mark widens our view of Jesus’ urgent mission and ministry in our lection’s three short scenes (Mk 1:29-39). We move from the loud, public exorcism scene in the synagogue (1:20-28) to Simon’s home in Capernaum,…

  • Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, 28th January, 2024

    Mark 1:21-281:21 They went to Capernaum; and when the sabbath came, he entered the synagogue and taught. 1:22 They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. 1:23 Just then there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, 1:24 and he cried…

  • Preaching Paths 28 January 2024

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary In today’s text (Mk 1:20-28), we find Jesus in Galilee where he has been proclaiming that the eschatological clock has advanced (“the time is fulfilled”) and the hour of confrontation with unholy powers, spiritual and earthly, has come (“the reign of God has come near”).  Now, a…

  • Third Sunday after the Epiphany, 21st January 2024

    Mark 1:14-201:14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, 1:15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” 1:16 As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew…

  • Preaching Paths 21 January 2024

    Sally A. Brown, Professor Emerita, Princeton Theological Seminary Early Christian writers were, on the whole, rather dismissive of Mark. Its Greek is the blunt, rugged speech of street and market. It was not until scholars recognized that Mark’s material was probably based on direct oral recitations of Jesus-traditions, conveyed mouth-to-mouth in the early church and…