1. Things to Look For in the Gospels  Style  Structure  Themes  Portrait of Jesus

2. The Gospel of Mark  Style “Immediately”

3. And just as (immediately) he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. (Mark 1:10) They went to Capernaum; and when the Sabbath came (lit: immediately the Sabbath started), he entered the synagogue and taught. (Mark 1:21) Just then (immediately) there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. (Mark 1:23) At once (immediately) his fame began to spread throughout the surrounding region of Galilee. (Mark 1:28)

4. As soon as (immediately) they left the synagogue, they entered the house of Simon and Andrew. (Mark 1:29) Now Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once (immediately). (Mark 1:30) Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. (Mark 1:42) After sternly warning him he sent him away at once (immediately). (Mark 1:43)

5. The Gospel of Mark  Style “Immediately” Paratactic style (“and”) Redundancies

6. That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. (Mark 1:32)

7. And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food?” (Mark 2:25)

8. That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. (Mark 1:32) And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food?” (Mark 2:25) Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. (Mark 9:2)

9. That evening, at sundown, they brought to him all who were sick or possessed with demons. (Mark 1:32) And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food?” (Mark 2:25) Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. (Mark 9:2)

10. The Gospel of Mark  Style “Immediately” Paratactic style (“and”) Redundancies Details

11. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. (Mark 1:13)

12. James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder). (Mark 3:17)

13. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. (Mark 1:13) James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder). (Mark 3:17) But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38)

14. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. (Mark 1:13) James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder). (Mark 3:17) But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38) Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass. (Mark 6:39)

15. He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. (Mark 1:13) James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder). (Mark 3:17) But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” (Mark 4:38) Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass. (Mark 6:39)

16. The Gospel of Mark  Style “Immediately” Paratactic style (“and”) Redundancies Details  The structure of Mark and the portrait of Jesus  Act 1: (Not) Recognizing Jesus (1:1-8:21)  The Turning Point: Recognizing Jesus (sort of) (8:22-30)  Act 2: Recognizing (and Redefining) Jesus (8:31-16:8)

17. The Gospel of Mark  One theme in Mark: disciples and discipleship