Why Mark didn't connect the Call of Disciples with Bethsaida ("house of the hunt")
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:46 pm
It would be very strange, that Marcion found the Calling of Disciples in Mark, without the irony of Bethsaida (meaning "house of the hunt") as place of the "fishing" of disciples, and added Bethsaida, de facto corroborating what Mark, an adorer of YHWH as supreme god, did.
The contrary would be more expected: "Mark" (editor) found Bethsaida and removed it from the Calling of Disciples. Why?
Because in Marcion Jesus
The ascension happens after the descent to Capernaum, and Heracleon says us what "Capernaum" was allegory of: "the lower parts of the middle region, Hades or Sheol".
So the ascent to Bethsaida is the last trace survived of what was the visit of Jesus in Sheol and his returning on the earth.
The contrary would be more expected: "Mark" (editor) found Bethsaida and removed it from the Calling of Disciples. Why?
Because in Marcion Jesus
"ascended to Bethsaida".
The ascension happens after the descent to Capernaum, and Heracleon says us what "Capernaum" was allegory of: "the lower parts of the middle region, Hades or Sheol".
So the ascent to Bethsaida is the last trace survived of what was the visit of Jesus in Sheol and his returning on the earth.