From: dixonps@juno.com
Date: Wed May 30 2001 - 01:57:31 EDT
Jeffrey:
Thanks for making your paper available.
I copy and paste the concluding paragraph below for reference:
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Given this, I think it reasonable to conclude that what Mark presents
Jesus as urging the disciples to ask for in praying MH ELQHTE EIS
PEIRASMON is not, as is usually supposed, succor from their being
themselves tested, but divine aid to avoid their following the example of
the faithless wilderness generation and subjecting God to a testing of
his faithfulness.
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I have serious doubts whether PEIRASMON refers to "subjecting God to a
testing of his faithfulness" rather than to the temptation of the
disciples. In the immediate context it appears Christ serves as an
example of praying so that He Himself would not enter into temptation (v.
36). In fact, this is the second time Christ prayed so He would not
enter temptation, the first time being when He had prayed and fasted for
40 days, and Satan came to tempt Him (1:13).
No, the normal interpretation here seems contextually preferrable.
Christ prayed so He would not enter into temptation and He encouraged His
disciples to do the same. He knew that even though we may mean well (in
spirit), our tired and weak flesh if unchecked by prayer will lead us
into temptation and sin. Such indeed was the case with the disciples who
failed to pray, fell asleep, and fell away with fear when the Master was
arrested.
Paul Dixon
On Tue, 29 May 2001 19:52:16 -0500 "Jeffrey B. Gibson"
<jgibson000@home.com> writes:
> A few days ago, I raised a question about an aspect of the
> interpretation of Mk. 14:38 that I was pursuing as part of a larger
> study of that verse that I've been working on.
>
> I have now completed a draft of that study and have made it
> available
> at:
>
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crosstalk2/files/Articles%20for%20Review/Mk
%201438endnote.htm
>
> I hope List Members will be interested enough in my work on this
> verse
> to have a look at the article -- AND to send me comments and
> criticisms
> on the thesis I moot there.
>
> Yours,
>
> Jeffrey Gibson
> --
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>
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