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All of the triplets in Mark?

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:31 pm
by rgprice
Anyone have a list of all of the triplets in the Gospel of Mark or all of the things that are mentioned three times, etc.

Thanks

Re: All of the triplets in Mark?

Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2024 12:44 pm
by Peter Kirby
Do sandwiches / intercalations count?

https://discourse.biologos.org/t/markan ... ches/49990
Of the 20 proposed, nine are presented below. The first 6 are the most widely agree upon.

[01] Jesus’s Family and Beelzebub: Mark 3:30-35
A1: Jesus’s family sets out to stop him
B: Jesus is accused of having Beelzebub.
A2: Jesus reveals his true family.

[02] Jairus and the Bleeding Woman: Mark 5:21-43.
A1: Jairus pleads with Jesus to heal his daughter.
B: The bleeding woman touches Jesus and is healed by faith.
A2: Jairus’s daughter is healed.

[03] Sending out the Twelve and John the Baptist: Mark 6:7-32.
A1: The twelve are sent out
B: John the Baptist is beheaded
A2: The twelve return (vs 31)

[04] Cursing of the Fig Tree and Cleansing of the Temple: Mark 11:12-25.
A1: Jesus curses the fig tree.
B: Jesus cleanses the temple.
A2: The fig tree withers.

[05] The plot to kill Jesus and his anointing: Mark 14:1-11
A1: The religious leaders plot to kill Jesus.
B: Jesus is anointed.
A2: Judas agrees to betray him.

[06] Peter’s Denial and Jesus’s Trial: Mark 14:53-72.
A1: Peter enters the courtyard.
B: The trial of Jesus.
A2: Peter denies Jesus.

[07] Parable of the Sower and Purpose of Parables: Mark 4:1-20
A1: Jesus tells the parable of the sower.
B: Jesus tells us the purpose of parables.
A2: The parable of the sower is explained.

[08] Jesus’s predicts failures of his followers and the last supper: Mark 14:17-31
A1: Jesus predicts his betrayal
B: The last supper
A2: Jesus predicts Peter’s denial.

[09] The Women and Joseph of Arimathea Mark 15:40-16:8
A1: The women watch
B: Joseph buries Jesus
A2: The women and the tomb.