Resurrection in Mark
(avg. read time: 17–34 mins.)
Much of what can be said about resurrection in Mark overlaps with what I have already noted about resurrection in Matthew. But there is much material in Matthew that is not replicated in Mark. The distinct character of what is present and absent in Mark thus warrants a separate analysis for the particular theology of resurrection in Mark that does not entirely overlap with Matthew.
To examine the function of resurrection, we will begin with looking at Mark’s peculiar christological structure and how resurrection is related to it. Then we will look at more explicit references to resurrection in Mark and what we can theologically gather from these texts in their contexts. We will then work outwards from those explicit references to explore what Mark implicitly links to resurrection. Finally, we will analyze Mark 16 as a whole, including the disputed vv. 9–20.