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The Disciples Return from the Mission (Mark 6:30-31) Mark reported the re-gathering of Jesus’ “apostles” (6:30) from a successful mission (cf. 6:7-13) after depicting the death and burial of John. As John’s mission came to an end, the apostles’ mission had just begun.  The only other time Mark used the term “apostles” for Jesus’ disciples … Continue reading “Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Commentary by Emerson Powery”

A lot happens in the sixth chapter of the Gospel of Mark. Jesus is rejected in his hometown. He sends the twelve on mission. John the Baptist is killed. Jesus feeds the five thousand and walks on water. These are all major events in Mark’s narrative, so much so that the passages appointed for today … Continue reading “Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 Commentary by Elizabeth Webb”

La lección de Marcos de esta semana,  nos acerca hacia un texto desconcertante, un texto tan complicado como la vida misma. La historia de la confrontación entre Juan el Bautista y Herodes Antipas es uno de los relatos que evitaríamos a toda costa. Y con toda la razón del mundo.    Los evangelios coinciden en … Continue reading “San Marcos 6:14-29 Comentario por Richard Rojas Banuchi”

La historia de la muerte de Juan el Bautista se encuentra en el medio de la historia del envío misionero y el regreso de los doce discípulos de Jesús. Este relato sirve, pues, para señalar el peligro de vida que han de correr los discípulos de un líder profético. La mención del encarcelamiento de Juan … Continue reading “San Marcos 6:14-29 Comentario por Alicia Vargas”

Today’s text is probably one of the best known birthday party stories ever! Maybe we should call it a b-day, however, so we can also recognize the beheading that occurs. Alas, I don’t think that preaching a beheading is your calling today. So why would the committee that establishes the lectionary include such a text? … Continue reading “Mark 6:14-29 Commentary by Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman”

Introduction The report of John’s death, Jesus’ mentor (cf. 1:9), was the end of innocence for Jesus’ mission. Placing this account between the commission and the return of the twelve disciples (during the heart of the expansion of the Jesus movement), Mark relayed the story of John and Herod as a foreshadowing of Jesus’ own … Continue reading “Mark 6:14-29 Commentary by Emerson Powery”

The preacher of this text for this Sunday’s sermon receives my congratulations for originality and guts. Who preaches on the death of John the Baptist? Except for special occasions, who speaks of politics from the pulpit even when the Bible authorizes it? Years ago, or only yesterday, The Washington Post quoted a lavishly paid lobbyist: … Continue reading “Mark 6:14-29 Commentary by C. Clifton Black”

Turning the Tables The stories leading up to the beginning of chapter 6 have generally been taking place in Galilee, but in 6:1 Jesus specifically goes home. Things do not go well. His teaching in the Synagogue produces amazement, but also questions as to the origin of Jesus’ insight.  This is not the first time … Continue reading “Mark 6:1-29  Commentary by Micah D. Kiel”

Jesus messes things up. He disrupts people’s perspectives of who they are and who they can be. And this is not always welcome news. It is not euangellion (“good news”) to everyone. For some, this gospel, packaged in the person and performance of Jesus Christ, does not herald their victory but their defeat. It defeats … Continue reading “Mark 6:1-29 Commentary by Raquel S. Lettsome”

El leccionario nos confronta en esta ocasión con dos lecturas que podrían tratarse como unidades separadas una de la otra. La primera perícopa, conformada por los primeros seis versículos del capítulo, recoge la atmósfera de profunda resistencia que Jesús encuentra en su propio pueblo y familia. La segunda, que comprende los versículos 7 a 13, … Continue reading “San Marcos 6:1-13 Comentario por Richard Rojas Banuchi”