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Mark 10:35-45

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletThe Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
bulletPrimary 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.
bullet "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.
bulletPatristic Commentary on Mark 10:32-45 from the Catena Aurea.
bulletChapter XIV, The Martyrdom of Polycarp (ca. 156).
bulletXXX.47-52; XXXI.1-4; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
bulletI.XXI.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
bulletExegetical Fragments. (scroll down to LV), Irenaeus (c 180)
bulletI.9, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bulletV.III, The Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena), Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225)
bulletVII.XXIII, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
bulletConcerning Works and Almsgiving -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 254)
bulletFrom the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"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."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"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."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"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."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"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!"
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 8:27 - 10:52, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers for commentary.)
bullet "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."
bullet "First Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary: Pentecost 20," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"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."
bullet "Secret Ambition," Mary Hinkle, Pilgrim Preaching: Keeping Company with biblical texts and the people who hear and preach them.
bullet"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."
bullet Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
bullet Exegesis, Proper 24B, by Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.
bullet "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.
bulletExegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen, at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
bullet"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?"
bullet "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.
bullet"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."
bullet "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.
bullet"What sorts of ambitions do people have? How do these ambitions affect those around them?"
bullet Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 29B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
bullet "Jostling for Position," Martin B. Copenhaver, The Christian Century, 1994.
bullet"We can stop looking for the world to give us the places of honor and get back to our rightful place--in the kitchen."
bullet "On Being a Survivor," William Willimon, The Christian Century, 1986. At Religion Online.
bullet"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."
bullet "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.
bullet"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."
bullet "Mark: The Movie," commentary by Stacey Elizabeth Simpson, The Christian Century, 2000. At Religion Online.
bullet"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."
bullet "The Call to Downward Mobility," Kenneth L. Carder, The Christian Century, 1997. At Religion Online.
bullet"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."
bullet "The Example of Jesus," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bullet"James and John Lobbying Jesus," analysis and reflections by Ed Schroeder, at Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community of St Louis, Missouri.
bullet"Jesus exercises authority by placing himself under the very ones he claims authority over! From this underside location, this ochlos position, we have followed him throughout the lectionary year of Mark. His is an upside-down authority."
bullet"The Glory of Downward Mobility," analysis and reflection by Carolyn Schneider and Ed Schroeder, at Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community of St Louis, Missouri.
bullet"... it is not our associating with Jesus, so much as our inability to accept a crucified Messiah, that leaves us God-forsaken."
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "Mark 10: Journey to Jerusalem," wikipedia.
bullet "Jesus and Patronage," Daniel P. Schrock, Windows to the World of Jesus: Studies of Mark's Gospel. (Continue to click on "next" at bottom of the page for Class 7 to work through the material.)
bullet"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.
bullet"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."
bullet "Opening Blind Eyes: A Revisioning of Mark 8:22 - 10:52," Marie Noel Keller, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2001.
bullet "Keller argues that Mark uses the stories of the two blind men in his Gospel to serve as metaphors for his community...Their stories and the material within the frame of 8:22-10:52 work together to help his community learn the lessons they need in order to advance from the fear they are experiencing to follow Jesus boldly 'on the way.'"
bullet "Minjung and Power: A Biblical and Theological Perspective on Doularchy (Servanthood)," Kim Yong-Bock, at Religion OnLine.
bullet"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."
bullet "God Speed the Year of Jubilee! The Biblical Vision of Sabbath Economics," by Ched Myers in Sojourners. Part two: "Jesus' New Economy of Grace."
bullet"We Christians must talk about economics, and talk about it in light of the gospel."
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletCarder, Kenneth L., "The Call to Downward Mobility," The Christian Century, 1997.
bulletCopenhaver, Martin B., "Jostling for Position," The Christian Century, 1994.
bulletDewey, Joanna, "Women in the Gospel of Mark," Word & World, 2006. (Section on this text begins on page 25.)
bulletKim, Yung Suk, "Jesus' Death in Context," The Living Pulpit, 2007. (See also "Atonement," issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 16.2, 2007.)
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bulletKoyama, Kosuke, "A Holy Mystery: Welcoming a Little Child," The Living Pulpit, 2003.
bulletNeyrey, 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.
bulletPreiss, Théo, "The Son of Man Came to Minister," Interpretation, 1950.
bulletReardon, Patrick Henry, "The Cross, Sacraments and Martyrdom: An Investigation of mark 10:35-45," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly, 1992.
bulletRoose, Hanna, "Sharing in Christ's Rule: Tracing a Debate in Earliest Christianity," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2004.
bulletSantos, Narry F., "Jesus' Paradoxical Teaching in Mark 8:35; 9:35; and 10:43-44," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2000.
bulletSantos, Narry F., "The Paradox of Authority and Servanthood in the Gospel of Mark," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1997.
bulletSeeley, David, "Rulership and Service in Mark 10:41-45," Novum Testamentum, 1993.
bulletSimpson, Stacey Elizabeth, "Mark: The Movie," The Christian Century, 2000.
bulletSmart, James D., "Mark 10:35-45: Expository Article," Interpretation, 1979.
bulletWillimon, William, "On Being a Survivor," The Christian Century, 1986.
bulletReviews:
bullet Kaminouchi, Alberto DeMingo, But It Is Not So Among You: Echoes of Power in Mark 10:32-45. T&T Clark, 2003.
bullet Reviews by Douglas Geyer and William Campbell in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
bullet Review by Paul J. Achtemeier in The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004.
bulletSermons:
bullet "The Drum Major Instinct," Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ebenezer Baptist Church, 1968.
bullet "Having the Heart and Hands of a Servant," Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
bullet "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.
bullet "Finding the Way to Joy," the Rev. Dr. Wiley Stephens, Day 1, 2003.
bullet "The Journey," the Rev. Dr. Thomas Lane Butts, Day 1, 2000.
bullet "Power, Pleasure & Wealth," Fr. Patrick Brennan, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1998.
bullet "The Servant's Quarters," John Jewell, 2000.
bullet"A Sermon on Mark 10:45," Geerhardus Vos, in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)  
bulletFather Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
bullet Ordinary 29, 2006
bullet Ordinary 29, 2000
bulletThe Ambitious Heart: Mark 10:32-52, by Ray C. Stedman. Text or Real Audio.
bulletWith Children:
bullet "Who Is the Greatest?" Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
bullet "Humility," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
bullet "To Be Like Jesus," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
bullet "Eddie's Night Out With His Family," children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com.
bullet "Who Will Sit at Jesus' Right and Left Hand?" Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
bullet Mark 9 & 10 Crossword, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
bulletDrama:
bullet "Executive Decisions," Penny Hewlett, Drama Southwest.
bullet "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.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art, Mark 10:45, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
bulletClip Art Images: Mark 10:35-45, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
bullet Mark 10:35-45 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
bullet Mark 10:35-45, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
bulletCommercial Site: "The Payoff," (Mark 10:35-45) graphics/films/worship ideas from Lumicon.
bulletHymns and Music:
bullet Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
bullet Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Mark 10:38, 44, 45. The Cyber Hymnal.
bulletAt Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
bullet Give of Your Best to the Master
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bulletJames and John
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bulletServanthood
bulletChildren ("Lesser Ones") as Mediator Figures
bulletLiterary References and Comparative Texts:
bullet"Prayer for All," St Francis of Assisi. ("Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace...")
bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of Mark