Kata Markon

["Stephen C. Carlson" <scarlson AT mindspring.com>]

At 02:43 PM 10/2/03 -0500, Jeffrey B. Gibson wrote:
>At Mark 8:33 Mark has Jesus rebuke Peter and call him Satan because
>Peter has shown himself with respect to his disdain for a Messiah who
>suffers to be thinking the things of "men" (FRONEIS... TA TWN ANQRWPWN).
>
>I am toying with an idea that that there is a link in Mark between
>"thinking the things of men" and "thinking as do the Markan enemies of
>Jesus" especially the Temple Aristocracy.  
>
>But is there?
>
>What if anything is there in Mark's Gospel that might
>support the idea that for Mark the term ANQRWPOI is a reference to,  or
>a cipher for, or in some way synonymous with, the Jewish leaders who,
>according to Mark, oppose Jesus?

It seems like a tough case to make.  I'd rather attempt to connect
8:33 with 10:27 because both contrast God with humans.

Stephen Carlson
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