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Mark For Everyone
MARK 14.26–52
Jesus Is Arrested...
...What do you do when the strong person in your life suddenly becomes weak?
Children face this when the parent on whom they have relied for everything is suddenly struck down with illness or grief. Colleagues working on a project are thrown into confusion if the team leader suddenly loses confidence. A church is dismayed if the pastor or preacher suddenly loses faith, or hope, or integrity.
We can only begin to imagine the effect on the disciples of the sudden change that came over Jesus in Gethsemane. Until that moment he had been in control: planning, directing, teaching, guiding. He had always been ready with a word or action. Now he is, as we say, falling apart, and warning them that they are going to collapse around him. As well they might...
Taken from Mark for Everyone by Tom Wright