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He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
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Why "Son of Man"?
Commentators explain that Jesus deliberately used the title "Son of Man" instead of "Messiah." While "Messiah" carried popular expectations of a political king, "Son of Man" was a title Jesus could redefine. He connected it to the glorious figure from Daniel 7 but uniquely infused it with the new, unexpected concepts of suffering, rejection, and death, revealing the true nature of his mission.
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He began to teach them (ηρξατο διδασκειν αυτους). Mark is fond of this idiom, but it is not a mere rhetorical device.[Reference Ma…
19th Century
Anglican
And he began to teach them.—See Notes on Matthew 16:21-23.
The points peculiar to St. Mark are:
Having accepted Peter’s ascription of his being “the Christ,” Jesus now began to teach his disciples what messiahship really meant. Yet he did not …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he began to teach them For as yet he had said nothing to them about his sufferings and death, at least in expres…
Presbyterian
These things are written, that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. These miracles of our Lord assure us that he was n…
