Mark 4

Mark 4

In the middle of both the first and third acts of Mark’s drama (see study 2 for the three acts) we find what seems like an interlude, where we are offered a concentrated collection of Jesus’ teaching before the story resumes at its previous breathless pace. In chapter 13 the teaching will be about what is to happen in the future. Here in chapter 4 we will hear Jesus teaching in parables, and will be invited to think about how the ‘secret of the kingdom of God’ is both revealed and kept secret…