What I'll say Tomorrow

 We've been reading John's Gospel for weeks. I enjoyed it.

But last week we shifted to Mark--and I don't like it.

What I'll do tomorrow is contrast Mark's Jesus with John's Jesus.

You see, Jesus is different in all four gospels.

Mark was the earliest and shortest of the Gospels. It was written around 70 A.D.--given life spans then and there, about a generation after the life of Jesus.

John was written another generation later--somewhere around 110 A.D.

John's Jesus knows everything--who he is, what he's going to do, who will betray him, how he will rise from the dead.

Mark's Jesus is just learning as he goes along.

John's Jesus takes his time. Mark's Jesus is always moving--the word that can be translated "immediately" occurs 40 times in Mark.

John's Jesus wants everyone to know about him. Mark's Jesus tries to stay secret.

Lots of other stuff will come in.

We'll see how it goes.