The Mana Footnote About Manuscripts

Mark's gospel is draped in what i'm going to call christian ecclesiology, the doctrine of the church. Any roman who reads mark's gospel and accepts it is going to feel just like those women. If they affirm the truth that jesus is a better king, their roman life as they know it is over. And so much like the story of the prodigal son, mark leaves this ending open ended and unwritten. This is our great challenge as roman readers. Do we really want to choose the triumph of jesus? It runs counter to everything that our world view says is power.