The Passion of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark

includes index and biblioraphy

Part 1 Preparation for the passion Introduction ...15 1 The passion of the Baptist ...16 II Plots against jesus life ....20 A. The plao in Galilee ...21 B. The plot in Jerusalem ...24 III The way of the son of man ....28 A. The journey ...30 B. The disciples ....31 C. The cross as revelation and crisis ...35 IV The passion of the community ...37 Conclusion ....39 Part II The passion (Mark 14:1-15:47) Introduction ...41 I Fidelity and Betrayal : The passion begins (14:1-10) ...42 A. Time for the plot (14:1-2) ...43 B. The burial anointing (14:3-9) ...44 C. Judas Betrayal ?(14:10-11) ...48 II The final passover (14:12-31) ...49 A. Preparation for the pssover (14:12-17) ...50 B. Prediction of Betrayal (14:18-21) ...52 C. The meal ...53 D. Predictions of discipleship broken and renewed (14:26-31) ...62 III Gethsemane : Prayer and arrest (14:32-52) ...67 A. Prayer in Gethsemane (14:32-42) ...69 B. The arrest(14:43-52) ...80 IV The trial before the sanhedrin : Confession and denial (Mark 14:53-72) ...85 A. Jesus and peter (14:53-54) ...86 B. The confession before Sanhedrin (14:55-65) ...88 C. Peter`s Denial (14:66-72) ...102 V The Trial King (15:1-20a) ...105 A. The inyerrogation : are you the king of the Jews (15:1-5) ...107 B. Jesus or Barabbas (15:6-14) ...110 C. Mockery of the King (15:16-20) ...112 VI Crucifixion and death (Mark 15:20b-41) ...114 A. Golgotha (15:20b-24) ...115 B. Final mockery (15:25-32) ...117 C. Death (15:33-41) ...121 VII The tomb (15:42-47) ...132 The end : The passion as prelude to resurrection ...135 Part III The passion of jesus : Mark`s message The passion and Mark`s portrait of jesus ...139 1. The death of jesus is the climax of a life for others ...139 2. In his passage from death to life, Jesus is proclaimed as the suffering yet triumphant son of man ...142 3. Jesus death is a theophany revealing God`s power at work in weakness ...144 The passion and Mark`s portrayal of the church ....148 1. The way of the disciple must be the way of the cross ...148 2. The church,through the experience of the cross is to be a non triumphant reconciled church ...150 3. The crisis of the passion reminds the church that is must be open to outsiders ...153 4. The church is to be a living temple open to all people and suffused with the spirit of the cruified christ ...155 5. The passion reveals that is redemptive mission of the church is world wide and costly ...156