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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