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Twist family Bible study: the Gospel of Mark
Wayne:
??? Wait, what, no problem?!? You (and everybody) are welcome to say whatever you like! It's our family Bible study after all! ;D :-* :-*
Wayne:
I've gone and got myself all excited about this Lazarus Hypothesis. So even though this is more explicitly relevant to the gospel of John than the gospel of Mark, I want to go ahead and post some relevant websites.
Some of these sites come from a traditional Christian perspective and some from other perspectives, but I think they make a convincing case for two amazing conclusions about Lazarus, the man who Jesus has just raised from the dead:
1. He is the "disciple whom Jesus loved" in the gospel of John
2. He is the author of the gospel of John
To these I would add that the relationship described between Jesus and this disciple is physical. We'll see more of that in John.
Wayne:
OK so some external sites that come to this conclusion:
The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved
Why did the "other disciple whom Jesus loved" conceal his identity at theologyonline.com
The Authorship of the Fourth Gospel at VoiceofJesus.com
Lazarus and the Fourth Gospel Community, a scholarly book at Amazon.com
Lazarus: the Beloved Disciple? at Psychic Questing
Wayne:
In chapter 12, Jesus tells a parable of a landowner who rents his farm out. But the tenants kill the servants that he sends to collect the rent, so the landowner kills them and gets new tenants.
Later, the Pharisees and some Herodians ask Jesus if it is proper to pay taxes. This could be a trap because the people resent paying taxes, but the law requires it. Jesus notes that coins carry Caesar's image, so pay Caesar what is due Caesar, and pay God what is due God. What is made in God's image?
Wayne:
Next Jesus is question by the Saducees, a Jewish sect that did not believe in resurrection of the body.
To illustrate their point, they tell a story of a woman who was married to 7 brothers, each of whom had died in succession. Which one would be her husband in heaven?
Jesus answers that there is no marriage in heaven.
This topic of marriage was a real hot-button issue for these folks! Sounds familiar eh? ;) :laugh:
Like ifyoucantfixit was saying, the authorities may have been pushing questions about marriage to try to get Jesus in trouble, because that's how they managed to get John the Baptist beheaded. :-X
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