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Mark 1:4-11
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
| The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
Call and Awakening. |
| Stephen Carlson's color-coded
Greek Synoptic Parallels. |
| Comparative primary texts at Mahlon H. Smith's
Into His Own: Perspective on the World of
Jesus, Rutgers University.
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"John Baptizes Jesus," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
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Chapter
X, On Baptism,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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II.12,
Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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V.8,
Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter
II, Considering Repentance,
Tertullian
(c. 203) |
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I.32,
Commentary
on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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VI.14-23,
VI.31,
Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St.
Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen.
(c.230) |
| "On the Holy Theophany Or On
Christ's Baptism," (4th of Four Homilies) by Gregory Thaumaturgus
(3rd century).
 | "Baptize me, who am
destined to baptize those who believe on me with water, and with the
Spirit, and with fire: with water, capable of washing away the
defilement of sins; with the Spirit, capable of making the earthly
spiritual; with fire, naturally fitted to consume the thorns of
transgressions. On hearing these words, the Baptist directed his mind to
the object of the salvation, and comprehended the mystery which he had
received, and discharged the divine command; for he was at once pious
and ready to obey." |
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| Commentary on a Harmony of the
Evangelists, John Calvin, 1558:
Matthew 3:13-17/Mark 1:9-11/Luke 3:21-23. |
| From the
Catena
Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas. |
| From the
Geneva Notes.
| "Christ consecrates our
baptism in himself." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "We may see heaven
opened to us, when we perceive the Spirit descending and working upon
us." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
| From
The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Coming up
straightway out of the water. The Greek preposition translated
"out of" is ek, which means out from within. This could
only be true of immersion. Thus all great and candid Pedo-baptist
scholars concede that Christ was baptized." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Berge, Paul S.
Mark 1:4-11,
The Beginning of the Good News:
the Epiphany Gospels in Mark and John,
Texts in Context, Word & World,
Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1997. |
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Broding, Larry.
"A Moment of Clarity,"
Word-Sunday.Com: A
Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
| "Have you ever had a
moment of clarity, when you could see things as they really were?" |
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Cornelll, Lori.
"Pulling
It Together," anaylsis and reflection, Sabbatheology
by The Crossing Community of St Louis, Missouri.
| "We, who have been
trying to hold the world together on our own, now know: We can't;
instead, we have One who is holding the world together for us." |
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Conrad, Carl W. A Brief Commentary on the
Gospel of Mark, Chapter 1. (Click superscript numbers
for commentary.) |
| Dennison Jr., James T.,
"The
Gospel of Mark from Beginning to End," Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
| "Mark
begins and ends his gospel with schism-a division, a parting, a
rending-the schism of the heavens (chapter 1: 10); the schism of the
veil in the temple (chapter 15:38)." |
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Goebel, Jerry.
"Thou
Art My Beloved,"
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities. |
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Haslam, Chris.
Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Juel, Donald H. and Patrick R. Keifert.
The Baptism of Our Lord,
A Markan
Epiphany: Lessons from Mark 1,
Texts in Context, Word & World,
Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1988. |
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Loader, William.
"First
Thoughts on Passages from Mark in the Lectionary: Baptism of Jesus,"
Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "‘O that you would
rend the heavens and come down!’ These words of Isaiah 64:1 may have
influenced Mark’s choice of language here: Jesus ‘saw the heavens
rent open’ (1:10). This a very graphic way of doing christology. In
Jesus there is a meeting of the God sphere and the human sphere." |
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Markquart, Edward F.
"Baptism of Jesus," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
| "In our baptism, similar things
happen to us as happened to Jesus when he was baptized: 1) The Spirit of
God comes into us and remains in us. 2) We are declared to be a child of
God. 3) We hear that God is well pleased with us." |
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McElhinney, Catherine and Kathryn Turner,
Wellspring of
the Gospel, Baptism of the Lord B, Weekly Wellsprings.
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"Meeting
Jesus - God and man - people learnt that God really loved and valued
them - that God’s favour could rest on them too." |
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McGowan, Brian.
Mark 1:4-11, Marginally Mark, by an Anglican priest
in Western Australia.
| "Into the wilderness where John the
Baptiser is offering - what is it he's offering, a folk alternative to
the Jerusalem cultus? A geographic political statement out on the very
margins of society? A challenge, as John Dominic Crossan thinks, to
Hebrews to symbolically re-enter the Promised Land & re-conquer it for
God after baptism for a change of heart out there on the other (wrong)
side of Jordan?" |
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Purdy, John C.
"God
Can Take the Heat (Mark 1:9-11, Luke 4:1-13),"
Chapter 2 of God With a Human Face (1993), republished at
Religion
Online.
| "Perhaps Jesus was
tempted with the option of a normal life. Perhaps, like Goethe's Faust,
he was tempted with adventure, beauty, economic power, endless
excitement. The Gospel story seems to invite us to regard the final
three temptations as a kind of final exam, covering all the other
temptations that have been encountered in the course of the forty days." |
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| Stoffregen, Brian. Exegetical
Notes, at CrossMark Christian Resources.
| "This also leads to a
distinction between John's baptism and Christian baptism. I think that
Jesus' baptism ushers in a new baptism. Christian baptism is not just a
washing away of sin as John's baptism was; but it is the baptism that
brings the power of the Holy Spirit and a special relationship with God." |
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Turton, Michael A.
"John
Baptizes Jesus," 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." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"John the Baptist,"
"Baptism of Jesus,"
"Mark 1: John
the Baptist,"
"Mark 1: Jesus' Baptism and Temptation,"
wikipedia. |
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"All About the
Jordan River: Names, Regions and Miraculous Crossings," Jewish
Heritage Online Monthly.
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"The Jordan River played
a significant role in biblical history..." |
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| "Baptism,
Eucharist and Ministry," Faith and Order Paper No. 111.
World Council of Churches, 1982. Theological and
practical commentary. |
| Blumenthal, David R. "Repentance
and Forgiveness," Cross Currents.
| "Teshuvá is the key concept in the rabbinic view of sin,
repentance, and forgiveness. The tradition is not of one mind on the steps one must take
to repent of one's sins. However, almost all agree that repentance requires five elements:
recognition of one's sins as sins (hakarát ha-chét'), remorse (charatá),
desisting from sin (azivát ha-chét'), restitution where possible (peira'ón),
and confession (vidúi)." |
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Goldberg, G.J.,
John
the Baptist at
Flavius
Josephus Home Page. |
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Loader, William,
"Conversion
and Baptism: A cross cultural perspective in the light of the encounter
between Judaism and Hellenism," Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
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"Making Christ
palatable to everyone is almost by definition to deny him. But
presenting him in an image distorted by unnecessary, unhelpful and
sometimes negating clutter is also to deny him - to people. The
issue at stake is as fundamental as the shape of Christian life in
the future." |
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Scott, David C.,
"Baptism
in the Indian Context: An Event of Separation or Human Solidarity?" David C.
at Religion OnLine.
| "While we Christians positively eschew divisions based on caste, class,
race, gender, and so on, we welcome the division that comes from radical commitment to
following the Christ." |
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| Ulansey, David, "The Heavenly Veil Torn:
Mark's Cosmic 'Inclusio'," [Originally published in Journal of
Biblical Literature 110:1 (Spring 1991) pp. 123-25]
| "Mark did indeed
imagine a link between the tearing of the heavens and the tearing of the
temple veil-- since we can now see that in fact in both cases the
heavens were torn-- and that he intentionally inserted the motif of the
"tearing of the heavenly veil" at both the precise beginning
and at the precise end of the earthly career of Jesus, in order to
create a powerful and intriguing symbolic inclusio." |
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Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| DeMaris, Richard E.,
"Possession, Good and Bad--Ritual, Effects and Side-Effects: The Baptism
of Jesus and Mark 1.9-11 from a Cross-Cultural Perspective,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2000. |
| Harrisville, Roy A., III,
"Between Text & Sermon: Mark 1:4-11," Interpretation, 1993. |
| Hutchison, John C.,
"Was John the Baptist an Essene from Qumran?"
Bibliotheca Sacra,
2002. |
| Reines, Rabbi Sarah H., "Turning
Ourselves Around," The
Living Pulpit, 2007. (See also
"Atonement," issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 16.2, 2007.)
Image Browse -
PDF |
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| Reviews:
| Lawrence, Jonathan D.,
Washing in Water: Trajectories of Ritual Bathing in the
Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Literature. Society of
Biblical Literature/Brill, 2006.
Review
by James W. Watts, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007. |
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| Sermons:
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"Baptism? What Do We Teach?" Pastor Edward F. Markquart,
Sermons from Seattle,
Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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Baptism of Jesus
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8 January 2006,
James Mueller, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. |
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"Torn Apart Forever,"
the Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad,
Day 1, 2003. |
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"Brand Spanking
New!" John Jewell,
2000. |
| Jesus Came - Mark 1:9-15, by Ray C. Stedman.
Text or
Real Audio. |
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| With Children:
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"Jesus' Baptism and
Ministry," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Make Your
Father Proud!" Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. |
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"Gwen Gets It!" children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com. |
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"Jesus Is
Baptized by John in the River Jordan,"
Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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"Soul-ed
Out for Jesus," Jim Kerlin,
childrensermons.com. |
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"John Baptizes
Jesus," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian
Center. |
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"Crossword on Mark 1,"
Don Crownover's
Bible Puzzles. |
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| Drama:
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"Baptism in River Jordan," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio
and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization
of today's gospel. Claretian Publications. |
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
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Clip Art Images:
Baptism of Christ, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú. |
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Mark 1:7-11, Liturgical Drawing,
Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian
Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for
free.") |
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Mark 1:7-11, at
Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration.
Liberation emphasis. |
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Clip Art, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission
Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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Baptism
of Jesus, Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com. |
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| Hymns and Music:
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| Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's
Art Index:
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| Movies scenes with the following themes,
listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
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