Key Phrases In Gospel Of Mark

Key phrases in the Gospel of Mark, particularly for young student learning to read, include:

• translating more accurately as "puppies" rather than as "dogs" - "puppies" is particularly amusing to a child
• translating as "students" rather than the arcane "disciples"
• translating as "Son as man" rather than as "Son of Man"
• translating as "Holy Messengers" rather than as "angels"
• translating as "grape juice" rather than as "wine" at Mark 15:23
• translating as "gambling" rather than the archaic "casting lots" at Mark 15:24^[1]
• finishing at Mark 16:8 , as early manuscripts do, without the dubious references to disbelief and an unfortunate reference to handling deadly snakes and drinking deadly poison
• translating as "no man" rather than "no one" (Greek uses the masculine form) with whom the women did not communicate after visiting the empty tomb^[2]

More debatable[edit]

• translating as "Divine Guide" rather than "Holy Spirit"
• whether to allow phonetic expressions of ancient and/or Aramaic terms, or impose non-phonetic pronunciations of them.

Parts amusing to a young reader[edit]

• the reference to puppies getting the scraps
• the dousing of Jesus with the expensive oil, and how others complained about it
• Jesus telling people to leave a house
• Jesus's own family turning against him because they thought he was losing his mind

See also[edit]

• Gospel of Mark (Translated)

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