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Wind, Gag Yourself!
Episode 8 Study Guide
Some scholars claim Mark has the "lowest" view of Jesus' identity of the four Gospels. In this episode of A Strange and Beautiful Kingdom, David Parcher argues that Mark makes his case through narrative echoes instead of titles, and Mark 4:35–41 is a prime example.
The storm story mirrors Jonah 1 almost beat for beat, with one big twist: Jesus doesn't need to be thrown overboard. Then there's the cushion. The Greek word proskephalaion appears only here in the New Testament, and only twice in the Greek Old Testament, both times in Ezekiel 13, where God condemns protective…
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