Epaggelia

Mark quotes from Old Testament passages which Matthew & John do not, so we will look into the following passages that are unique to Mark.

Isaiah 53:12 & 66:24

Jeremiah 7:11 & Isaiah 56:7

Zechariah 13:7

There are some other Old Testament scriptures which Mark quotes from, but they have already been covered in our past discussions in John & Matthew. Next week, we will look into Luke for the Old Testament passages he quotes.

Mark 9:44, 48, quotes Isaiah 66:24. The last chapter of Isaiah is about how Jerusalem will be punished but in the future they will be revived along with “all people” Isa. 66:18-23. They will see both “new heavens & a new earth” as well as punishment in judgment that is perpetually ongoing or eternal. The new heavens and earth will “remain standing” as well, Isa. 66:22.

Mark 11:17 quotes both Isaiah 56:7 & Jeremiah 7:11. God’s Temple is to be holy and a place for all nations of anyone to pray. But Jewish leaders took their unique position with God and robbed the world of both spiritual and physical blessings. This desecration angered Jesus so much that he stopped their retail work and damaged the wares of priests who were running a currency exchange and marketplace for sacrificial animals. The “den of robbers” and “marketplace” see John 2:16, which is a reference to Zechariah 14:21 “trader”

Mark 14:27 quotes Zechariah 13:7 to emphasize the horror of striking the Shepherd, which the sheep could not face and then fled. Jesus quoted this during the last supper to warn them while at the same time he knew they were too weak to withstand the horror of what would happen to him. This is true love, love that endures death as a sacrifice for your friends while your friends forsake you.

Mark 15:28 & Luke 22:37 both quote Isaiah 53:12, The fact that the Jewish leadership in Jerusalem treated Jesus as a criminal before a “trial”, and after their version of a mock-trial, all the way to the cross was prophesied and publicly obvious in it’s fulfillment. Isaiah points out that “my servant” (Isa. 53:13) will carry their sins and willingly be falsely accused to death. No one forced Jesus to accept wrongful conviction or be willingly executed as a criminal. The sole source of power to submit and carry our sins was from his love for sinners to be our sacrifice for sin of his own volition.