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Does Mark’s Gospel Implicitly Deny The Virgin Birth? by Nobody: 3:20pm On Jan 13, 2015 |
It is interesting that our first canonical Gospel (which is our first Gospel, whether canonical or noncanonical), Mark, does not have the story of the Virgin birth and in fact shows no clue that it is familiar with the stories of the Virgin birth. On the contrary, there are passages in Mark that appear to work *against* the idea that Jesus’ mother knew anything about his having had an extraordinary birth. |
Re: Does Mark’s Gospel Implicitly Deny The Virgin Birth? by mkpakanaodogwu(m): 3:56pm On Jan 13, 2015 |
Na so? |
Re: Does Mark’s Gospel Implicitly Deny The Virgin Birth? by esere826: 4:54pm On Jan 13, 2015 |
Nice searching Frosbel. Hope it goes well Let me help a little bit here in adding some thoughts that could help in building an almost visual picture. If indeed Mary conceived without a man, who would have known about this? Mary would definitely have known for sure who was responsible If Joseph was not responsible, he would have serious misgivings Even if he had a dream about it, he most likely would suffer some doubts once in a while for a long time. Mary and Josephs parents and family elders will naturally assume that Joseph was responsible for the pregnancy It is not common for parents to speak about sexual encounters with their kids, so Jesus brothers, sisters and cousins wont know about this for a long time So the story of the virgin birth if true (I believe it is) is one that would only have come out very slowly and mixed with suspicions It is not a story that would have been so out there for the consumption of the general public neither would the disciples have been bold enough to ask Jesus for confirmation I doubt that Jesus would be telling them about his mums sex life too Perhaps, we can assume that after the death and resurrection of Jesus plus other miracles they witnessed The disciples would have been better placed to enquire more from jesus sibling (not the mum) about this rumour they heard in order to further validate an emerging Christ concept/theology Jesus sisters would be in the best position to confirm from their mum and in turn share this with their brothers who in turn would reluctantly share this with the others You can see from this that it not something that would have been in the forefront of the gospel for years However, as Christianity matured and sort of needed a religious structure to rest on it is an information that would have been considered useful to add to the religious body of knowledge concerning Christ |
Re: Does Mark’s Gospel Implicitly Deny The Virgin Birth? by johnydon22(m): 5:19pm On Jan 13, 2015 |
Ok books space... i see some christians are begining to ask questions and seek answer for all they have been taught and believed all their life... anyway grabs pop corn and orijin seat down front seat; waiting for some serious argument and bible quoting to start...! 1 Like |
Re: Does Mark’s Gospel Implicitly Deny The Virgin Birth? by Seun(m): 5:23pm On Jan 13, 2015 |
The verse isn't that controversial. The NIV version translates it accurately. 21 When his family[a] heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.”https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%203:21-22 People will just say that it's not clear that Mary was among the people who thought he was crazy. His siblings may have just been jealous... 2 Likes 1 Share |
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