Mark

by Lamar Williamson

In this volume, Lamar Williamson's commentary provides teachers, preachers, and all serious students of the Bible with an interpretation that takes serious hermeneutical responsibility for the contemporary meaning and significance of Mark's text.

Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.

Genres: Biblical Studies, Reference, Religion

290 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1983

Reviews

[Ron Pendley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a good overview of the Gospel of Mark. On discipleship " If Jesus is one major focus of the gospel message, the disciples are the other. Mark depicts the way of Jesus and the way His disciples are called to follow. Only a clear and correct understanding of Jesus can produce a clear and correct understanding of what it means to be a disciple. " Jesus challenges us to follow Him on the Way and Wiliamson's commentary can be a tool that challenges to us to follow Him where He leads, and we must answer these questions if we are to follow Him. The question Jesus asked in 8:17-18 are intriguing: NLT “Why are you arguing about having no bread?” [The physical realm-were they missing the spiritual realm?] “Don’t you know or understand even yet?” [Were their hearts and mind open?] “Are your hearts to hard to take it in?” [Over and over hard-heartedness comes up.] “You have ears-can’t you hear? You have eyes can you see?” [Not the surface physical features but the spiritual reality.] “Don’t you remember anything at all?” [Knowing, hearing, seeing and understanding are all built on spiritual realities, but we must be prompted to remember what God has done in the past to really understand what He wants us to do?] The Gospel/ Spirit is at work when our hearts are open but not hard. We must know Jesus-He must know us.

[Joel Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Williamson offers a concise and easy to use commentary on the Gospel of Mark. As consistent with this series, it is not highly academic, but offers great ideas for how the preacher or teacher might use the Gospel in messages and lessons. This is most likely one of the top volumes in the Interpretation Commentary series.

[Cynthia Kepler-Karrer · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this as one of the commentaries I read all the way through in preparation for preaching a 16-week trek through Mark, one chapter a week. It is one of the more readable commentaries, so suitable both for people who have had technical education and those who have not. It is a bit dated at times, but overall, it holds up.

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good commentary for teachers and preachers. Is not a scholarly work but a more practical look at Mark. Use it year in and year out.