Mark 1:16-20
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Questions
Verses 17-20
- Most of the time disciples choose their teachers/masters. Here, Jesus chooses his disciples. What significance does this reversal have?
Lexical notes
- The Greek word translated "men" in verse 17 is anthropos, so women are included.
Exegesis
Verses 16-20
Notice that Mark interrupts his story of Jesus’ power and the illustrations of that power, his miracles, to tell of the call of the disciples (verses 16-20) and the teaching and ordination of the Twelve (3:13-19), and to tell us the parables of the kingdom of God (4:1-34). So, we could say that the primary theme of this section (indeed of Mark as a whole) is Jesus’ power, but the secondary theme is the church. Notice that these stories lead, eventually, to Jesus sending the Twelve out as missionaries (Mark 6:7-13.)
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