7: Neon Genesis Good News (The Gospel of Mark and Secret Mark)

Apocrypals

Chris Sims

Comedy, History

4.9 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2018

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

"When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked His disciples, 'why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?' When Jesus heard this, He told them 'Those who are well don't need a doctor, but the sick do need one. I didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners.'" -- The Gospel of Mark, 2:16-17

Gird thyself, Theophiloi, for our longest episode to date as we dive into the Gospel of Mark and its mysterious secrets. Join us as we chronicle Jesus's very justifiable frustration with the apostles and learn about the Apostles that are most likely to set your house on fire. Plus, we delve into Secret Mark, Chris has a little difficulty with pronunciation, and we finally answer the age-old question that has been debated by theologians for almost 2,000 years: is the Gospel of Mark a sandwich?

Topics of discussion: Hangry Jesus, the 3600 Marks of the Mark Corps, angel messaging, the difficulties of establishing lion and bear biology in bible times, baptism and its methods, the fish on all the cars, ancient acronyms, the most ride-or-die dudes in Galilee, "Boanerges," the Sons of Thunder, mystery cults, Herod, Herod, Herod, Herod, the first millennials, the invention of metaphors, the camel and the needle, a reference for those of you who were extremely online in 2005, "Isaiah Style," the Gay Content Airhorn, the Two Commandments, Thoughts & Prayers, Peter as Jesus's constant punchline, I.N.R.I., a sarcastic centurion who is very rude, Joses, and the Lord's tips and tricks for breaking and entering. Phew, what a long episode.

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0:00.0	When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors,
0:04.9	they asked his disciples, why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?
0:09.8	When Jesus heard this, he told them,
0:11.8	Those who are well don't need a doctor, but the sick do need one.
0:15.2	I didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners.
0:18.3	The Gospel of Mark, chapter 2, verses 16 through 17. whole evil, then attack the globe with the buckets, style, the ruckets, 10 times, 10, men.
0:38.3	Hello, friends and neighbors, and welcome to Apocrypal's. This is the podcast where two non-believers
0:43.4	read through the Bible, and we try not to be jerks about it. My name is Chris Sims, and with me as
0:48.3	always is the other set of footprints, Benito Serino. Benito, how are you today? I'm good, Chris. How are you, man?
0:55.9	I'm doing well. I'm doing very well, and I'm very excited about this week's episode,
1:01.8	because we are going to be reading The Gospel of Mark. This is starting our four-episode
1:07.2	series, obviously, on the canonical Gospels, that we're going to do all at a clip.
1:13.6	So it's going to be Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John in that order, because that is chronological
1:19.1	order, correct?
1:20.4	That is correct.
1:21.9	We picked Mark because it is chronologically first.
1:25.6	It is the earliest gospel and was used as a source for Matthew, even though you told me a couple episodes ago, that that was not always thought to be the case.
1:35.1	Right.
1:35.3	They used to think, in fact, that Mark was a summary or an epitome, actually, would have been the term, but an epitome of Matthew. And that's why Matthew is listed
1:46.7	first. Matthew for many centuries and probably even still today, I guess, is considered basically
1:52.6	the most important and best of the Gospels. And so it gets listed first. It was thought to be
1:58.7	the first one written and that Mark was a summary.
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