Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood! And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with […]

Elijah? And as they were coming down the mountain, he charged them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead. So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead might mean. And they asked him, “Why do the scribes say […]

Listen to Him And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and […]

I Feel Fine! And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” Mark 9:1 Nothing in the scriptures conjures more angst, hand wringing, imagination, or obsession than apocalyptic verses. Every generation […]

Today marks the end of the second whole month of daily reflections upon the Gospel of Mark. Please remember that I am sharing my personal reflections with you and are not meant to be understood as comprehensive commentaries. I hope they are a blessing to you! Take up the Cross And calling the crowd to […]

The Suffering Servant And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples, he […]

“You are the Christ.” Σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστός And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you […]