OpenTheo

Mark: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

Alastair Roberts

Mark: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

February 15, 2022
Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts

*CONTENTS*

00:00:00 - Mark 1.1-13: The Baptism of John

00:19:43 - Mark 1.14-31: Jesus Begins His Ministry

00:31:55 - Mark 1.32-45: Healings and Exorcisms

00:40:28 - Mark 2.1-22: Healing a Paralytic, Calling Levi, a Question About Fasting

00:52:11 - Mark 2.23—3.12: Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath

00:59:22 - Mark 3.13-35: The Twelve

01:08:21 - Mark 4.1-34: Parables

01:16:05 - Mark 4.35—5.20: Calming the Storm and Delivering the Demoniac

01:24:45 - Mark 5.21-43: The Woman with the Issue of Blood and Jairus' Daughter

01:33:01 - Mark 6.1-29: Death of John the Baptist

01:40:08 - Mark 6.30-56: Feeding the Five Thousand and Walking on the Water

01:51:38 - Mark 7.1-23: What Defiles a Person

01:58:50 - Mark 7.24—8.10: The Syrophoenician Woman and Feeding the Four Thousand

02:05:57 - Mark 8.11-38: Peter Confesses Christ

02:19:22 - Mark 9.1-29: The Transfiguration and the Healing of the Boy with the Unclean Spirit

02:30:22 - Mark 9.30-50: Who is the Greatest?

02:38:20 - Mark 10.1-31: Teaching about Divorce and the Rich Young Man

02:52:36 - Mark 10.32-52: James and John's Request

02:59:23 - Mark 11.1-26: The Triumphal Entry

03:09:50 - Mark 11.27—12.12: The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

03:18:15 - Mark 12.13-34: Taxes to Caesar, Challenging the Sadducees on the Resurrection, and the Greatest Commandment

03:29:34 - Mark 12.35—13.13: Signs of the End of the Age

03:35:24 - Mark 13.14-36: The Coming of the Son of Man

03:49:23 - Mark 14.1-25: The Last Supper

04:02:38 - Mark 14.26-52: Prayer and Arrest in Gethsemane

04:12:44 - Mark 14.53-72: Jesus Before the Council and Peter's Denial

04:23:50 - Mark 15: The Crucifixion and the Burial of Jesus

04:39:12 - Mark 16: The Resurrection and Mark's Longer Ending

If you have enjoyed my videos and podcasts, please tell your friends. If you are interested in supporting my videos and podcasts and my research more generally, please consider supporting my work on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/zugzwanged), using my PayPal account (https://bit.ly/2RLaUcB), or by buying books for my research on Amazon (https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/36WVSWCK4X33O?ref_=wl_share).

The audio of all of my videos is available on my Soundcloud account: https://soundcloud.com/alastairadversaria. You can also listen to the audio of these episodes on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/alastairs-adversaria/id1416351035?mt=2.

Share

FacebookTwitterRedditCopy Link

Transcript

More on OpenTheo

Does God Really Need a “Pound of Flesh” to Forgive Sins?
Does God Really Need a “Pound of Flesh” to Forgive Sins?
#STRask
January 12, 2026
Questions about how to answer the challenge that God doesn’t need a “pound of flesh” to forgive sins but can simply forgive, and whether the claim in
How Would You Convince Someone That Evil Exists?
How Would You Convince Someone That Evil Exists?
#STRask
November 17, 2025
Questions about how to convince someone that evil exists, whether Charlie Kirk’s murder was part of God’s plan, whether that would mean the murderer d
Why Do We Say Someone Was Saved on a Particular Date If It Was Part of an Eternal Plan?
Why Do We Say Someone Was Saved on a Particular Date If It Was Part of an Eternal Plan?
#STRask
November 24, 2025
Questions about why we say someone was saved on a particular date if it was part of an eternal plan, the Roman Catholic view of the gospel vs. the Bib
When I Can’t Stop Thinking About Something, Is That God Speaking?
When I Can’t Stop Thinking About Something, Is That God Speaking?
#STRask
December 1, 2025
Questions about whether having a recurring thought is an indication God is speaking to you, what to say to someone who says they sinned because “God t
Is This an Argument for Relativism?
Is This an Argument for Relativism?
#STRask
March 16, 2026
Questions about whether the fact that the truth about one’s age changes over time is an argument for relativism, and how to ground virtues like courag
Is It a Sin to Feel Let Down by God?
Is It a Sin to Feel Let Down by God?
#STRask
November 6, 2025
Questions about whether it’s a sin to feel let down by God and whether it would be easier to have a personal relationship with a rock than with a God
Did Jesus Prove He Wasn’t Sinless When He Overturned the Tables?
Did Jesus Prove He Wasn’t Sinless When He Overturned the Tables?
#STRask
December 29, 2025
Questions about whether Jesus proved he wasn’t sinless when he overturned the tables, whether Jesus’ response to the Pharisees in Mark 3:22–26 was a b
Can Two Logical People Come to Conflicting Conclusions Without Committing a Fallacy?
Can Two Logical People Come to Conflicting Conclusions Without Committing a Fallacy?
#STRask
January 8, 2026
Questions about whether two logical people can come to conflicting conclusions on a topic without committing a fallacy, how Greg, as a public figure,
Why Should We Pray If God Already Knows What’s Going to Happen?
Why Should We Pray If God Already Knows What’s Going to Happen?
#STRask
January 29, 2026
Questions about why we should pray if God already knows what’s going to happen, how the effectiveness of prayer is measured, and whether or not things
What Is the Role of the Holy Spirit in Our Lives if He Doesn’t Give Us Instructions?
What Is the Role of the Holy Spirit in Our Lives if He Doesn’t Give Us Instructions?
#STRask
February 23, 2026
Questions about the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives, advice for someone who believes in God intellectually but struggles to understand how to hav
What About Those Who Never Heard the Name of Jesus?
What About Those Who Never Heard the Name of Jesus?
#STRask
December 22, 2025
Questions about what will happen to those who never heard of Jesus or were brought up in a different faith, whether there’s biblical warrant to think
Who Wrote the Gospels? Michael Licona vs. Bart Ehrman - Part 1
Who Wrote the Gospels? Michael Licona vs. Bart Ehrman - Part 1
Risen Jesus
March 11, 2026
Did Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John write the gospels that bear their names? The texts themselves do not name them as the authors and were published and
Why Would Any Rational Person Have to Use Any Religious Book?
Why Would Any Rational Person Have to Use Any Religious Book?
#STRask
December 8, 2025
Questions about why any rational person would have to use any religious book, whether apologetics would be redundant if there were actually a good, un
Why Is There No Effort Towards a Neutral Interpretation of Scripture?
Why Is There No Effort Towards a Neutral Interpretation of Scripture?
#STRask
March 9, 2026
Questions about why there is no effort towards a neutral interpretation of Scripture that doesn’t take denominational preferences into account, and ho
Can You Recommend Good Books with More In-Depth Information and Ideas?
Can You Recommend Good Books with More In-Depth Information and Ideas?
#STRask
January 22, 2026
Questions about good books on Christian apologetics, philosophy, and theology with more in-depth information and ideas, and resources to help an intel