Let me break the Markan sandwich down in terms you
Posted on: August 31, 2024 at 20:59:36 CT
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can perhaps grasp since this is an important formula Mark uses repeatedly.
Mark 3:20-35
A Jesus’ family try to seize him, vv.20-21
B The religious leaders accuse Jesus of being in league with Beelzeboul, vv.22-30
A Jesus’ family seeks him, vv.31-35
In the Markan sandwich, he starts to tell a story, then before finishing switches to a different one to give special emphasis to the first, then returns to conclude the story.
In the first, Mark starts telling about how Jesus’ family came to seize him because they think he is crazy. Then Mark inserts a story about denying the Holy Spirit, relevant to Jesus’ family trying to interfere in Jesus’ purpose, and then returns the focus to Jesus’ family, which includes Jesus rebuking his family and saying that his family are those who were the crowd sitting around him listening.
Edited by TigerMatt at 21:00:24 on 08/31/24