Category: Mark
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Day 318: Anticlimactic (Mark 16:8)
Mark’s Gospel ends with the women running away in fear—and then… nothing. No appearance of the risen Jesus, no reunion, no Great Commission. Just silence. But the most anticlimactic ending in Scripture might be the most intentional. Mark leaves the story unfinished so the reader will step into it.
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Day 316: Two that Got it Right (Mark 15:39)
“And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, ‘Truly this man was the Son of God!’” — Mark 15:39 Through the Bible: Matthew 27, Mark 15 No one likes feeling like an outsider. Maybe you remember the first time you showed up as an…
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Day 313: In Praise of Saint Incognita (Mark 14:9)
Through the Bible: Matthew 26, Mark 14
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Day 313: The Passover Problem, and How a Man With a Water Jar Could Solve It
Why do the Gospel writers seem to disagree about when Jesus celebrated the Passover? The answer may lie with a man carrying a water jar through the streets of Jerusalem—and a calendar that ran one day ahead of the priests’.
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Day 310: Let the Reader Understand (Mark 13:14)
When Jesus spoke of “the abomination of desolation,” He pointed to something both remembered and still to come. From Antiochus Epiphanes to the fall of Jerusalem—and beyond—Jesus calls His followers to read carefully, think deeply, and stay watchful when sacred things are profaned.
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Day 308: Sorting Out the Sects (Matthew 22:15-16)
In Matthew 22 and Mark 12, four groups — Pharisees, Herodians, Sadducees, and scribes — take turns trying to trap Jesus with trick questions. This “program” explains who they were, where they came from, and how Jesus’ wisdom silenced them all.