This episode covers Mark 6:7-29. Chapter 6 of Mark’s gospel is packed with stuff bringing out the conflict between the actual power of God the Son, Jesus, and pretended power, not just of the tetrarch, Herod Antipas, but of all human beings. That includes you and me.
These episodes always begin their lives as Facebook Live events. So, you’ll hear me sometimes respond to comments made by viewers of the studies there. You’ll also hear reference to things I’ve put in the comments. You can find the links to those items below.
Evenings (from Easton’s Bible Dictionary)
Watches of the Night (from Wikipedia)
Herodian Tetrarchy (from Wikipedia)
Herodian Family Tree (from Biblical Archaeology Society)
(Detail of chart in above article)
Machaerus (from Wikipedia)
The main commentary used in preparing for this episode is The Interpretation of Saint Mark’s Gospel by R.C.H. Lenski.
Also used in preparation was Mark: An Introduction and Commentary by Eckhard J. Schnabel.
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