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...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-bcd1b05e763948d5a9e656b78fe129382024-09-12T22:53:14ZengTyndale House, CambridgeTyndale Bulletin0082-71182752-70422022-12-0173Jesus as the Isaian Stronger One in Mark 1:7: A Contribution to Markan Divine Identity ChristologyJohn DennisThe 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.https://doi.org/10.53751/001c.39734 |
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| title | Jesus as the Isaian Stronger One in Mark 1:7: A Contribution to Markan Divine Identity Christology |
| title_full | Jesus as the Isaian Stronger One in Mark 1:7: A Contribution to Markan Divine Identity Christology |
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| title_short | Jesus as the Isaian Stronger One in Mark 1:7: A Contribution to Markan Divine Identity Christology |
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