Mark 1:1-13

Background:
The pivotal issue for the book of Mark is the author’s demand that the reader
figure out an answer to the question: “who is this?”
The central question of the
whole book is given in chapter 4, describing the experience of Jesus disciples.
Jesus Calms the Storm:
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Jesus suggests that the group head to the other side of the lake on their
fishing boats
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While they are on the way, Jesus d
ecides to take a nap in the back of the
boat in the stern.
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Then a huge storm comes, water starks entering the boat, and disciples
are afraid. So the disciples become very perturbed. . . in fact, they are
terrified.
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I am guessing after some deliberation; th
ey decide to wake Jesus. They
wake Jesus and immediately he speaks to the storm, and it calms down.
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And in the resolution of this story
—
after the storm has abated and the
problem is over
—
the disciples are filled with wonder, awe and fear. And
they whisper
to each other:
“who then is this, that even the wind and the
sea obey him?”
(Mark 4:41).