Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus of Nazareth

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Title: Jesus of Nazareth - A Biography
Author: John Mark
Release Date: June 5, 2006 [EBook #18513]
Language: English
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JESUS OF NAZARETH
A BIOGRAPHY
BY
JOHN MARK

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK : : LONDON : : MCMXXII

COPYRIGHT 1922, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

FOREWORD
"Jesus of Nazareth, a Biography, by John Mark," recognizes the author of the second Gospel as that "John, whose surname was Mark" (Acts 15:37), whom Barnabas chose as companion when he sailed for Cyprus on his second missionary journey. In making use of the new title, the plan of the Editor is to present "The Gospel: According to Mark" as it would be printed were it written in the twentieth rather than the first century.
Mark's Gospel has been chosen for this purpose to make available in more readable form this timely portion of the Bible. In John Mark the missionary is revealed a man of action. This characteristic influences strongly the point of view and style of his writing. As John, the beloved disciple, in "The Revelation" beholds the victorious Christ as "the Lion of the tribe of Judah," foretold by the prophets, so Mark sees Jesus of Nazareth as the strong, vigorous man of action; he writes of His mighty works in swift narrative at times so vivid it flashes like a burst of flame, as though the facts presented must have been on fire in the heart of the author. Written for the practical, energetic Roman, the Editor feels that this biography of Jesus of Nazareth exactly fits the mood of our own time, with its emphasis upon the practical and its insistence that the man of action, the doer, is the man for the hour.
Printed like a modern book, but in the fine old King James' version, it is believed that all Bible lovers will welcome their old friend, "The Gospel: According to Mark," in its new literary dress; it is hoped, too, that in this popular form book buyers and lovers of good literature may be led to purchase a book which needs only to be thoroughly and thoughtfully read to be greatly reverenced.

CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I.
HAIL, THE GALILEAN II. A TEACHER WITH AUTHORITY III. A BROTHER TO ALL WHO DO THE WILL OF GOD IV. THE WISDOM OF THE AGES V. LORD OF LIFE AND LOVE VI. IS NOT HE THE CARPENTER? VII. NEVER A MAN LIKE HIM VIII. "THOU ART THE CHRIST" IX. STRONG SON OF GOD X. MASTER OF MEN BUT SERVANT OF ALL XI. HE THAT COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD XII. IN CONFLICT WITH SCRIBES AND PHARISEES XIII. JERUSALEM THAT KILLETH THE PROPHETS XIV. DESPISED AND REJECTED BY FRIEND AND FOE XV. CRUCIFIED, DEAD AND BURIED XVI. JESUS OF NAZARETH RISES FROM THE DEAD

JESUS OF NAZARETH
CHAPTER I
HAIL, THE GALILEAN
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; as it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. The voice of one crying in the wilderness. Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight."
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; and preached, saying:
"There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost."
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: and there came a voice from heaven, saying:
"Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.
Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the