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<DIV><FONT size=4>...greatness among Jesus' followers is measured by their
ability to live as servants and slaves, even if that life means suffering
oppression at the hands of those who wield power. Jesus has spoken in similar
terms in 9:33-37, where he compares himself to a child, an image of
powerlessness and vulnerability.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=10/18/2009&tab=4">http://www.workingpreacher.org/preaching.aspx?lect_date=10/18/2009&tab=4</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Matt Skinner</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>In the Old Testament, one’s “cup” (v. </FONT><A
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size=4>38</FONT></A><FONT size=4>) is one’s lot assigned by God, be it blessing
or condemnation. Here, Jesus is speaking of his suffering and death. To be
baptised with Jesus’ baptism is to share fully in God’s ways. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/bpr29m.shtml">http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/bpr29m.shtml</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Chris Haslam </FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=4><EM>Verse 45</EM>: “ransom”: The Greek word, <EM>lytron</EM>,
conveys the idea of deliverance by purchase on behalf of a captive, slave or
criminal. [NJBC] During the Last Supper, Jesus says: “This is my blood of the
covenant, which is poured out for many” (14:24). See also Luke 4:18 and 1
Timothy 2:5-6.</FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/bpr29l.shtml">http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/bpr29l.shtml</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Chris Haslam </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>This time Jesus responds to the disciples' cluelessness with a
very difficult question: Are they able to drink the same cup and be baptized
with the same baptism that he has received? Their response is embarrassingly
quick: "We are able." Here, again, they seem to have no idea what Jesus is
talking about. Of all the commentaries on this text, Marcus Borg is most
effective at explaining something of the meaning of Jesus' words in his own
setting and in our lives as his disciples today. Both of these terms, "drinking
the cup" and "baptism," Borg writes, were "images for death." </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Kate Huey </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>"drink the cup undergo the baptism ": As the cup in the
Gethsemane narrative (14: 36) already carries the implication of acceptance of
execution, so must we also understand that baptism, as in the teaching of Paul
(Rom 6:3), carries the very same implication. Jesus asks the two disciples if
they are able to do this, but it seems evident that they do not understand the
implication, inasmuch as they look toward the glorious age-to-come and a
kingship of Jesus, the high privilege of which they wish to share. In his
response Jesus indicates that in time James and John will come to accept
execution for the sake of Jesus and the gospel, but privileges in the
age-to-come are not and cannot be his own or the disciples' concern at this
point in their respective destinies.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A
href="http://artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/Mark/mk8notes.html#anchor1788359"><FONT
size=4>http://artsci.wustl.edu/~cwconrad/Mark/mk8notes.html#anchor1788359</FONT></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Carl W. Conrad</FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#000000><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">v35-37</SPAN>: Ched Myers
(1988, p279) sees an allusion to Psalm 110 in the first two
verses:<BR><BR></FONT></P>
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<TD style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">1 The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at my
right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet." 2 The
LORD will extend your mighty scepter from Zion; you will rule in the midst
of your enemies.(NIV)<BIG> </BIG></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><SMALL><BIG>In
Psalm 110:6 the Lord sits in judgment on his enemies, just as James and John ask
for here. In </BIG></SMALL>Mk 12:35<SMALL><BIG> this same passage becomes the
basis for a discussion of Jesus' Davidic relationship.
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<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.michaelturton.com/Mark/GMark10.html#10.p.35.45">http://www.michaelturton.com/Mark/GMark10.html#10.p.35.45</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Michael A. Turton</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>...some years ago I received a short article adapted from
Herold Percy, "Good News People," which makes a contrast between "maintenance"
and "mission".</FONT>
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<P align=justify><FONT size=4>1. In measuring the <B><I>effectiveness</I></B>,
the maintenance congregation asks, "How many pastoral visits are being made?
The mission congregation asks, "How many disciples are being made?"</FONT></P>
<P align=justify><FONT size=4>2. When contemplating some form of
<B><I>change</I></B>, the maintenance congregation says, "If this proves
upsetting to any of our members, we won't do it." The mission congregation
says, "If this will help us reach someone on the outside, we will take the
risk and do it."</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/mark10x35.htm">http://www.crossmarks.com/brian/mark10x35.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Brian Stoffregen</FONT></DIV>
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