Re: Is Jesus the descendant of David in Mark?
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 10:52 am
Ben wrote;
I'm wondering if this is the case as well in Mk. 10:17-18 re: Jesus' divinity:Nor does Mark say that Jesus failed to recognize the appellation [son of David] as applying to him. Mark does not say either way. We are having to interpret.
I'm starting to see this as Jesus not denying that he was God but rather hinting that he is. This would be in keeping with what I now see -thanks to Boyarin- is the backbone of Christianity, i.e., Daniel's divine/angelic "son of man," and it seems to fit the context of the chapter as well, since it goes to say in 10:26-30:As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone."
The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” Then Peter spoke up, “We have left everything to follow you!”
“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.