(November 28, 2010 at 5:08 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So which is it? Is "Jesus" the laconic dolt that Mark portrays or the chatterbox of John? As always the point is not which is "correct." The point is that the accounts depict radically different behavior by the alleged victim.They show that Mark and John were interested in different aspects of what Jesus did. Mark emphasized what Jesus did and didn't devote as much space to what Jesus said and the other gospel writers did. When John wrote his gospel the other gospels most believers already had the other gospels so he focused on things Jesus had done that the other writers hadn't mentioned.
His invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:20 ESV
Romans 1:20 ESV
