It recounts what Jesus did in a vivid style, where one incident follows directly upon another. In this almost breathless narrative, Mark stresses Jesus' message about the kingdom of God now breaking into human life as good news (Mark 1:14-15) and Jesus himself as the gospel of God (Mark 1:1; 8:35; 10:29). Jesus is the Son whom God has sent to rescue humanity by serving and by sacrificing his life (Mark 10:45). (...) - The principal divisions of the Gospel according to Mark are the following: I. The Preparation for the Public Ministry of Jesus (Mark 1:1-13) II. The Mystery of Jesus (Mark 1:14-8:26) III. The Mystery Begins to Be Revealed (Mark 8:27-9:32) IV. The Full Revelation of the Mystery (Mark 9:33-16:8) The Longer Ending (Mark 16:9-20) The Shorter Ending - The Freer Logion (in the note on Mark 16:9-20) - (NAB)
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