Fulfilling the Time
Today I want to continue my look at Mark 1:14-15
and Mark’s record of Jesus’ first public statement.
14 Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
What I am really trying to put my head around these days is what Jesus means by “The time is fulfilled.” The Greek reads πεπλήρωται ὁ καιρὸς. What time was fulfilled. How did Jesus expect his hearers to understand him? How did Mark expect his readers to understand Jesus’ statement? The aim of this post is for me to just put down my struggles with this text and my attempts to contemplate what is to be seen in this text.
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