[B-Greek] Mark 1.14

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Wed Nov 5 05:56:51 EST 2003


I think mark meant to send this to the list, not to me alone.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Goodacre
[mailto:M.S.Goodacre.at.bham.ac.uk at bgreek.at.ntresources.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:44 AM
To: bgreek at ntresources.com
Subject: Mark 1.14


Mark 1.14, META DE TO PARADOQHNAI TON IWANNHN HLQEN hO IHSOUS EIS THN 
GALILAIAN EIS THN GALILAIAN KHRUSSWN TO EUAGGELION TOU QEOU

I've always thought of TOU QEOU as an objective genitive here, gospel 
of / about God, but it occurs to me that it makes good sense as a 
subjective genitive, the gospel which comes from God.  Jesus has been 
specially appointed by God in the baptism story (1.11) and now goes 
to preach the gospel which he has received from him, so that Mark is 
presenting Jesus as God's prophet, taking his message from God to the 
people.  I haven't had a chance to look at any commentaries, so 
perhaps this is a common view?

Thanks
Mark
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