Mark for Everyone

N. T. Wright

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Year: 2004
• eBook ISBN: 9781611640373
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Commentary

Enlarged print edition now available! Tom Wright's eye-opening comments on the Gospel of Mark and what it might mean for us are combined, passage-by-passage, with his fresh translation of the Bible text. Making use of his true scholar's understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Wright captures the urgency and excitement of Mark's Gospel in a way few writers have.

Tom Wright has undertaken a tremendous task: to provide guides to all the books of the New Testament, and to include in them his own translation of the entire text. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion with background information, useful explanations and suggestions, and thoughts as to how the text can be relevant to our lives today. A glossary is included at the back of the book. The series is suitable for group study, personal study, or daily devotions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Dedication Page
• Introduction
• Abbreviations
• Mark 1.1–8 The Preaching of John the Baptist
• Mark 1.9–13 Jesus' Baptism
• Mark 1.14–20 The Calling of the Disciples
• Mark 1.21–34 Exorcism and Healings
• Mark 1.35–45 The Healing of a Leper
• Mark 2.1–12 The Healing of the Paralytic
• Mark 2.13–17 The Calling of Levi
• Mark 2.18–22 Questions about Fasting
• Mark 2.23–28 Teachings on the Sabbath
• Mark 3.1–6 Healing of the Man with the Withered Hand
• Mark 3.7–19 The Twelve Are Appointed
• Mark 3.20–30 Jesus and Beelzebul
• Mark 3.31–35 Jesus' Family
• Mark 4.1–20 The Parable of the Sower
• Mark 4.21–25 A Lamp on Its Stand
• Mark 4.26–34 More Seed Parables
• Mark 4.35–41 Jesus Calms the Storm
• Mark 5.1–20 The Healing of the Demoniac
• Mark 5.21–34 Jairus's Daughter and the Woman with Chronic Bleeding
• Mark 5.35–43 The Raising of Jairus's Daughter
• Mark 6.1–6 A Prophet in His Own Town
• Mark 6.7–13 The Twelve Sent Out
• Mark 6.14–16 The Speculations of Herod
• Mark 6.17–29 Herod and John the Baptist
• Mark 6.30–44 The Feeding of the Five Thousand
• Mark 6.45–56 Jesus Walks on Water
• Mark 7.1–13 God's Law and Human Tradition
• Mark 7.14–23 Clean and Unclean
• Mark 7.24–30 The Syrophoenician Woman
• Mark 7.31–37 A Deaf and Mute Man Is Healed
• Mark 8.1–10 The Feeding of the Four Thousand
• Mark 8.11–21 The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
• Mark 8.22–30 Peter's Declaration of Jesus' Messiahship
• Mark 8.31–9.1 Jesus Predicts His Death
• Mark 9.2–13 The Transfiguration
• Mark 9.14–29 The Demon-Possessed Boy
• Mark 9.30–37 True Greatness
• Mark 9.38–50 Warnings about Sin
• Mark 10.1–16 Teachings on Divorce
• Mark 10.17–31 The Rich Young Ruler
• Mark 10.32–45 The Request of James and John
• Mark 10.46–52 Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar
• Mark 11.1–11 The Triumphal Entry
• Mark 11.12–25 Jesus Cleanses the Temple
• Mark 11.27–33 The Authority of Jesus Is Questioned
• Mark 12.1–12 The Parable of the Tenants
• Mark 12.13–17 On Paying Taxes to Caesar
• Mark 12.18–27 Marriage and the Resurrection
• Mark 12.28–34 The Most Important Commandment
• Mark 12.35–44 David's Son and the Widow's Mite
• Mark 13.1–13 Signs of the End
• Mark 13.14–27 Further Signs of the End
• Mark 13.28–37 Watching for the Son of Man
• Mark 14.1–11 Jesus Is Anointed at Bethany
• Mark 14.12–25 The Last Supper
• Mark 14.26–52 Jesus Is Arrested
• Mark 14.53–72 In the High Priest's House
• Mark 15.1–15 Jesus Before Pilate
• Mark 15.16–32 The Crucifixion
• Mark 15.33–39 The Death of Jesus
• Mark 15.40–47 The Burial of Jesus
• Mark 16.1–8 The Resurrection
• Mark 16.9–20 Two Extra Endings
• Glossary