In Mark we have Christ as a Servant, just as He appears as King in Matthew, Man in Luke, and God in John. . . . It is preeminently the gospel of Jehovah’s Servant, “the Branch” (Zech. 3:8). Chapter 10:45 describes the scope of the book, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve.” No genealogy is included, for such is not important for a servant. . . . In keeping with the servant character, the gospel is one of deeds rather than of words.4
Tradition states that Mark was [eventually] sent on a mission to Egypt by Peter, that he founded the church of Alexandria, of which he became bishop, and suffered as a martyr in the eighth year of Nero.5
Endnotes:
1. | Acts 15:32-41, NKJV |
2. | Ref-0334, boulomai |
3. | Ref-0617, paroxysmos |
4. | Ref-0633, Mark, Gospel of |
5. | Ref-0633, Mark |
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