Sarcasm in Mk 15.39?
Randall Buth
ButhFam at compuserve.com
Sun Apr 21 08:04:19 EDT 2002
shalom STeve,
>
>This last sentence should read: "Since there was something in the WAY
>Jesus breathed his last that affected the centurion, and since v. 37 tells
us
>he "uttered a loud cry" before he breathed his last, perhaps it was the
>sheer volume of the cry, a supernatural loudness, that prompted the
>centurion's response."<
Yes, in fact I think that the function of Mark's use of foreign language
text just before this is part of the process. Foreign language can invoke
a mysterious atmosphere. Notice that Mark's other two intrusions deal
with healing miracles in a context where the mysterious, other-realm
connotations aptly fit.
blessings
Randall Buth
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