Mark 1:1; 1:10Order:Mark 1:1“Augustus was sent as Savior…the birthday of the son of the god Caesar was the beginning of his good news.”Roman Inscription“Gospel refers to the story about Jesus narrated in the text. It comprises Jesus’ words, deeds, death and resurrection as God’s direct intervention into human history. It challenges and imperial cult propaganda that brings messages of good tidings and a new age of peace through the Roman Empire.”Robert Gundry“Mark titles his book “The Gospel” because he is gospeling in this book. What does that mean? That Mark is narrating the saving story of Jesus.”Elizabeth ShivelyEden, Israel, and RomeMark 1:10“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth and the earth was uninhabitable and like a wasteland. The Spirit of God flapped his wings over the waters like a dove.”“For Mark the actual introduction of Jesus is not less momentous than the creation of the world. For in the person of Jesus, new creation is at hand.”Nt. WrightCreationDe-creationRecreationMark 1:1“Mark’s gospel is an apology for a crucified Messiah and a polemic against the imperial power of Rome.”N.T. Wright, The New Testament in It’s WorldAre we people of the future?Are we people of the resurrection?Are we announcing with our lives and our money and our time and our allegiances… are we announcing the good news that Jesus is Lord?Papias the Bishop of Hierapolis“The history on which I am entering is that of a period rich in disasters, terrible with battles, torn by civil struggles, horrible even in peace. Four emperors fell by the sword; there were three civil wars, more foreign wars, and often both at the same time. There was success in the East, misfortune in the West. Besides the manifold misfortunes that befell mankind, there were prodigies in the sky and on the earth, warnings given by thunderbolts, and prophecies of the future, both joyful and gloomy, uncertain and clear.”The Histories of Tacitus"First, then, the confessed members of the sect were arrested; next, on their disclosures, vast numbers were convicted, not so much on the count of arson as for hatred of the human race. And derision accompanied their end: they were covered with wild beasts' skins and torn to death by dogs; or they were fastened on crosses, and, when daylight failed, were burned to serve as lamps at night."Tacitus, Annals XV: XLIV, 283-85Mark 8:27-34; 15:39

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