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How does Mark's portrayal of Jesus present a challenge for the reader?
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Three important ways in which Mark's Gospel portrays Jesus are:
- Racist. In chapter 7, he called Gentiles 'dogs' and only agreed to help a Gentile woman when she humbly accepted that description.
- Given to irrational anger, as when he cursed the fig tree for not bearing fruit out of season.
- Less than divine. He had some extraordinary powers and God called him his son, but Mark did not believe him to be one with God. For example:
6:5: And he (Jesus) could there do no mighty work.
10:18 Why call me good. There is none good but God.
These portrayals present a challenge for the reader conditioned to believe in Jesus as without sin, and fully divine and pre-existing.
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