Mark 10:35-45
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- The Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
- Primary comparative texts about Food & Fellowship (including "one who serves"), at (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts.
- "Jesus' Baptisms," "Leader as Servant," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
- Patristic Commentary on Mark 10:32-45 from the Catena Aurea.
- Chapter XIV, The Martyrdom of Polycarp (ca. 156).
- XXX.47-52; XXXI.1-4; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
- I.XXI.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- I.9, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- V.III, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
- VII.XXIII, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- Concerning Works and Almsgiving -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 254)
- From the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "The magistrates according to God's appointment rule over their subjects: but the pastors are not called to rule, but to serve according to the example of the Son of God himself who went before them, for in doing such he also was a minister of his Father's will."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "If Jesus would gratify all our desires, it would soon appear that we desire fame or authority, and are unwilling to taste of his cup, or to have his baptism; and should often be ruined by having our prayers answered. But he loves us, and will only give his people what is good for them."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "Them who by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory, and honour, and immortality. For these only eternal life is prepared. To these, only he will give it in that day; and to every man his own reward, according to his own labour."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "In the kingdom about to be set up, this principle shall have no place. All My servants shall there be equal; and the only greatness known to it shall be the greatness of humility and devotedness to the service of others. He that goes down the deepest in these services of self-denying humility shall rise the highest and hold the chiefest place in that kingdom; even as the Son of man, whose abasement and self-sacrifice for others, transcending all, gives Him of right a place above all!"
- From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- James and John Argue over the Best Place, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2012.
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Commentary,
Mark 10:35-45, Matt Skinner, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2009.
- "This passage plays a key role in the Gospel according to Mark's understanding of why Jesus dies and what his death means."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 8:27 - 10:52, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers for commentary.)
- "James and John Want to Be at Jesus' Right Hand," Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."
- Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen, at CrossMarks
Christian Resources.
- "While we are not called to be a ransom for many, are we as individuals and congregation's called to be self-sacrificing (not maintaining ourselves) in our mission to serve each other and be slaves to all?"
-
"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary,"
Pentecost 20, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
- "Jesus was powerful. The liberation he lived did not require him to seek power for his own sake, but to own the power he had in compassion and in self giving."
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Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
Mark 10:35-45, David Ewart, 2009.
- "And since servants and slaves did function within the family household, Jesus also says that his followers are to treat one another as they would treat their own family: meeting each other's needs without concern for pay back."
- "The Example of Jesus," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
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"Secret Ambition," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching: Keeping Company with
biblical texts and the people who hear and preach them.
- "I once heard Will Willimon point out that in Acts, verbs for staying put (histēmi and related words) do not often occur in a favorable light. People with "place" are contrasted with people "on the way." The contrast here in Mark is the same."
- Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
- "Having the Heart and Hands of a Servant," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
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"Sons of Entitlement," Stephen B. Chapman, The Christian Century,
2006.
- "JAMES AND JOHN McZebedee matriculated at my seminary again this fall. The "Sons of Entitlement," I call them. They are usually--but not always--young and white in addition to being male. They have typically grown up in the church, attended Christian colleges and majored in religion...."
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"Jesus' Idea of Authority," Ordinary 29B, Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into
Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian
Meditation. Claretian Publications.
- "Many people think of religion as a way of avoiding or getting around reality, and of the Bible as a kind of holy religious book. Both assumptions are very far from the truth."
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"The Glory of Christian Leadership,"
Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
- "What sorts of ambitions do people have? How do these ambitions affect those around them?"
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"Whoever Wishes to Become Great," Ron Starenko, Sabbatheology,
The Crossings Community, 2009.
- "So, whoever wishes to become great among us here today, there is still only one way to go and live, and that is to serve as he did, as he still does."
- Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 29B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
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"On
Being a Survivor," William Willimon, The Christian Century,
1986. At Religion Online.
- "As his disciples flee into the darkness with their swords, he is dragged away by Caesar?s men who come after him with the sword. The sacrificial victim of "civilization as we know it," he bids us to let go."
-
"Jesus
as Lord, Jesus as Servant," Diogenes Allen, Princeton Theological Seminary.
Adapted from The Truth About Jesus, ed Donald Armstrong III, 1998. Republished at Religion OnLine.
- "For all we ever do is to be witnesses. A witness is one who puts the issue clearly. The issue is that we either stand on earth on our own feet or we are suspended from above, attached to the living Lord."
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"Mark: The Movie," commentary by Stacey Elizabeth Simpson, The
Christian Century, 2000. At Religion Online.
- "More often than not, we too are blind to the gruesome reality of what it means to follow Jesus. But the One who healed the blind bids us press on."
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"The
Call to Downward Mobility," Kenneth L. Carder, The Christian
Century, 1997. At Religion Online.
- "The disciples? request to be positioned near Christ reflects the ambivalence of the human spirit. On the one hand there is the drive to be somebody, a drive often expressed in substituting power for love. On the other hand there is the lure of Incarnate Love, whose power is manifested in weakness. Following the Christ toward downward mobility and giving oneself to others is authentic greatness."
- Articles & Background:
- "Mark 10: Journey to Jerusalem," wikipedia.
- "Questions,
Chreai, and Challenges to Honor. The Interface of Rhetoric and Culture in Mark's
Gospel." Jerome H. Neyrey, Catholic Biblical Quarterly
60 (1998):657-81.
- "In terms of rhetorical background, our survey of "questions" indicates that how they function more often than not as competitive, even hostile weapons intended to inflict major damage. Questions score points, draw blood, and shame opponents. The same interpretation applies equally to the phenomenon of answering a question with a counter-question, which also is an aggressive weapon. And by observing who is reduced to silence, we have narrative clues about who triumphed in the question game and who lost."
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"Minjung
and Power: A Biblical and Theological Perspective on Doularchy
(Servanthood)," Kim Yong-Bock, at Religion
OnLine.
- "Power has been the perennial problem in human history. The reality of power is complex; and its use and misuse in all human, social and political relations and interactions has been a question of utmost importance for all peoples. In movements for liberation from oppression, the question has been always raised not only in terms of use or misuse, but also in terms of the very nature of power."
-
"God
Speed the Year of Jubilee! The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics," by Ched
Myers in Sojourners. Part two:
"Jesus'
New Economy of Grace."
- "We Christians must talk about economics, and talk about it in light of the gospel."
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Carder, Kenneth L.,
"The Call to Downward Mobility," The Christian Century, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Chapman, Stephen B., "Sons of
Entitlement," The Christian Century, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Copenhaver, Martin B.,
"Jostling for Position," The Christian Century, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hutchison, John C., "Servanthood: Jesus'
Countercultural Call to Christian Leaders," Bibliotheca Sacra,
2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kim, Yung Suk,
"Jesus' Death in Context,"
The Living Pulpit, 2007. (See also
"Atonement," issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 16.2, 2007.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Koyama, Kosuke,
"A Holy Mystery: Welcoming a Little Child," The Living Pulpit,
2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Neyrey, Jerome H., S.J.,
"Questions, Chreiai, and Challenges to Honor: The Interface of Rhetoric and
Culture in Mark's Gospel," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1998.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Preiss, Théo,
"The Son of Man Came to Minister," Interpretation, 1950.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Reardon, Patrick
Henry,
"The Cross, Sacraments and Martyrdom: An Investigation of Mark 10:35-45,"
St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Roose, Hanna,
"Sharing in Christ's Rule: Tracing a Debate in Earliest Christianity,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Santos, Narry F.,
"Jesus' Paradoxical Teaching in Mark 8:35; 9:35; and 10:43-44,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Santos, Narry F.,
"The Paradox of Authority and Servanthood in the Gospel of Mark,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Seeley, David,
"Rulership and Service in Mark 10:41-45," Novum Testamentum,
1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Simpson, Stacey
Elizabeth,
"Mark: The Movie," The Christian Century, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smart, James D.,
"Mark 10:35-45: Expository Article," Interpretation, 1979.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Willimon, William,
"On Being a Survivor," The Christian Century, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Carder, Kenneth L.,
"The Call to Downward Mobility," The Christian Century, 1997.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
- "The Drum Major Instinct," Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1968. Another link with sound file.
- "But It Shall Not Be So With You," Samuel Wells, Faith and Leadership, 2009.
- "Good News?" Bishop William H. Willimon, Day 1, 2009.
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"Having the Heart and Hands of a Servant,"
- "Ambitions - Yours and Jesus'," 25 July 2004, Walter Harms, Goettinger Predigten: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
- "Finding the Way to Joy," the Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens, Day 1, 2003.
- "The Journey," the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts, Day 1, 2000.
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"Power, Pleasure
& Wealth,"
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- "A Sermon on Mark 10:45," Geerhardus Vos, in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
- Father Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
- With Children:
- "Who Is the Greatest?" Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Humility," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
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"To Be Like Jesus,"
- "Who Will Sit at Jesus' Right and Left Hand?" Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Mark 9 & 10 Crossword, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- Drama:
- "The Right and the Left Seats," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Mark 10:45, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Clip Art Images: Mark 10:35-45, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
- Mark 10:35-45 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Mark 10:35-45, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
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- Hymns and Music:
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Mark 10:38, 44, 45. The Cyber Hymnal.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Literary References and Comparative Texts:
- "Prayer for All," St Francis of Assisi. ("Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace...")
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Mark
