| A | B |
|---|
| Mark at Jesus' arrest | may be the young man in the linen cloth who "streaks" off in his attempt to get away from those arresting Jesus (MK 14) |
| Peter | apostle whose eyewitness memories of Jesus seem to have shaped Mark's Gospel |
| somewhere between 60 and 70 CE | date when Mark's Gospel was written |
| Rome | where Mark's Gospel was written |
| "suffering servant" or "suffering Messiah" | one of the main things about Jesus that Mark wants to emphasize |
| "Markan mystery" or "Messianic mystery" | the way Jesus repeatedly tells people to keep quiet about his identity as the Messiah |
| Roman Christians | Mark's audience: because they were suffering persecution, he emphasizes that Jesus, too, had suffered even though he didn't deserve it. |
| "and," "went," & "immediately" | Mark uses these words a lot! |
| length of Mark's Gospel | shortest of the four--16 chapters, about 25 pages long |
| two "Roman" details | 1/ Mark's Gospel uses Roman reckoning of time; 2/ Mark has a Roman centurion proclaim "Truly this man was the Son of God!" when Jesus is on the cross.
These details will be appreciated by Mark's audience. |
| event with which the Gospel begins | Jesus' baptism--his life before that is not mentioned by Mark |
| proportion of miracles to parables | 4 times as many miracles. Mark depicts Jesus "on the move" as a man of actions--there are more than four times as many miracle stories as parables in Mark's Gospel. Jesus for Mark is a doer, not a talker. |
