Kata Markon

[JFAlward AT aol.com]

In a message dated 8/12/01 3:27:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
gpatton AT bayou.com writes:

<< > I forgot to mention the other possible source for Mark's description of 
the
 > servant's ear being cut off:
 > 
 > Then one of those standing near drew his sword and struck the servant of 
the
 > high priest, cutting off his ear.  (Mark 14:47) 
 > 
 > I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in
 > fury. They will cut off your noses and your ears (Ezekiel 23:25)
 > 
 > Joe Alward
 
 There could be more than one way to look at Mark 14:27. I suggest that
 also this could apply:
 I suggest that, in Mark's view, God wanted the priest, who were
 represented (or symbolized) by Judas and the servant of the high priest,
 to listen to Jesus just as Aaron was to listen to Moses (Exod. 4:15,
 27-28).  The ears of the priest did not listen to Jesus.  (In a way the
 ears of the high priest did the high priest wrong. So one of the ones
 standing by (an angel-like person) cuts off the offending ear (see Mark
 9:43-47).
 George Patton 
  >>
============
I prefer what I think is the simpler interpretation:  Mark did all in his 
power to embed into his stories about Jesus as many events from the Old 
Testament as possible to convince his readers/listeners that Jesus' life was 
prefigured thousands of years earlier and that he was the messiah written 
about.  Check out the many parallels between the story of David and Jesus, 
and between Jesus and other heroic Old Testament figures, and you'll see why 
I believe Mark's Jesus stories are fictional.  I've catalogued these 
parallels in the articles in the "Mark's Gospel" section of the website at 

http://members.aol.com/jalw/joseph_alward.html

The article that is relevant to the servant's ear is at

http://sol.sci.uop.edu/~jfalward/David_and_Jesus.htm


Regards,

Joe Alward