Mark 9:30-32 ⓘ

9:30 They went out from there and passed through Galilee. He didn’t want anyone to know it,

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Did Jesus Know the Hour of his return?

Muslims love to reference Mark 13:32 as a clear indication that Jesus never claimed to be God. Reading the verse out of context and without a wider understanding of the incarnation, does seem at first reading to support the Muslim view. However, on further study, we see there is no contradiction between Jesus claiming to be God and claiming not to know the hour of his return.

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Key Source: Prophecies about Christ

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9:31 for he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”

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The Deity of Jesus in Mark’s Gospel

Although being one of the earliest parts of the New Testament to be written, Mark’s Gospel shows us clearly that Jesus is God. This counters the claim that John’s Gospel’s view of Jesus was a later development by Christians. According to Mark, Jesus is none other than the LORD himself.

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Promises: Jesus Messiah - The Messiah's mission

Jesus told his disciples: "all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled... thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, and that repentance for forgiveness of sins...

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9:32 But they didn’t understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

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