Jesus as the Isaian Stronger One in Mark 1:7: A Contribution to Markan Divine Identity Christology
The contention of this article is that John the Baptist’s declaration of Jesus as ‘the stronger one’ (ὁ ἰσχυρότερος) in Mark 1:7 echoes Isaiah 40:10a so that Jesus is identified with YHWH both in Mark 1:3 by means of the citation of Isaiah 40:3 and in Mark 1:7 by means of an echo of Isaiah 40:10a. T...
| Published in: | Tyndale bulletin |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tyndale House
2022
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Tyndale bulletin
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Markusevangelium 1,7
/ Bible. Jesaja 40,10
/ Jesus Christus
/ Identity
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
satan
B use of ot in nt B Synoptic Gospels B divine identity christology B stronger one B Isaiah B mark B New Testament |
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| Summary: | The contention of this article is that John the Baptist’s declaration of Jesus as ‘the stronger one’ (ὁ ἰσχυρότερος) in Mark 1:7 echoes Isaiah 40:10a so that Jesus is identified with YHWH both in Mark 1:3 by means of the citation of Isaiah 40:3 and in Mark 1:7 by means of an echo of Isaiah 40:10a. The article will show that an Isaian divine identity interpretation of ‘stronger one’ is a satisfying reading of Mark 1:7 in light of the allusions to Isaiah and especially Isaiah 40:3-10 within Mark’s prologue and in light of the links between Jesus’s encounter with Satan in Mark 1:13 and the parable of Mark 3:27. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53751/001c.39734 |