Marcos 1
John Phillips · Citado em PreceptAustin
Marcos 1
Phillips comments "John's baptism focussed on repentance. John did not want proselytes; he wanted penitents. His baptism could not wash away sin, but his preaching could produce conviction of sin. Those who repented under John's preaching simply, and in a most public way, signified their repentance by being immersed in the Jordan. Cleansing would have to await the ministry of the Messiah." William Lane has an interesting perspective on John's baptism in the wilderness - The summons to be baptized in the Jordan meant that Israel must come once more to the wilderness. As Israel long ago had been separated from Egypt by a pilgrimage through the waters of the Red Sea, the nation is exhorted again to experience separation; the people are called to a second "exodus" in preparation for a new covenant with God ... As the people heed John’s call and go out to him in the desert far more is involved than contrition and confession. They return to a place of judgment, the wilderness, where the status of Israel as God’s beloved son must be re-established in the exchange of pride for humility. The willingness to return to the wilderness signifies the acknowledgment of Israel’s history as one of disobedience and rebellion, and a desire to begin once more. (The Gospel according to Mark, New International Commentary on the New Testament [Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974], 50-51) J C
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Phillips adds that "During this period, the Lord performed His first signs and miracles and gave some of His earliest teaching. He traveled, too, between Galilee and Judea. The miracles were performed mostly in Galilee, and the teaching was given primarily in Judea. This period has been called "the year of obscurity," and we would know little or nothing about it if not for the gospel of John. (Exploring the Gospel of Mark: An Expository Commentary) Hendriksen lists the following passages as parallel to Mark 1:14-15 - The Beginning of the Great Galilean Ministry Cf. Matt. 3:2; 4:12; 11:2; 14:3–5; Mark 6:17–20; Luke 3:19, 20+; Luke 4:14, 15+; John 3:24+; Jn 4:1–3, 43, 44+.