There are multiple examples of this throughout Mark’s Gospel. First is when Jesus returns to Nazareth. Jesus returns to his hometown and he is rejected by the townspeople. They questioned his wisdom and the deeds that he did. Mark also claims that Jesus could do no great deeds of power in Nazareth and he was amazed at their unbelief (Mark 6:1-6). This is a huge example of Jesus feeling abandoned as a messiah. Another major instance of abandonment is when Jesus cried out to God when he was dying on the cross. Jesus cried out “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34). This could imply the feelings of abandonment that he could have felt. At this point Mark portrays Jesus as feeling abandoned by everyone, even God as he dies on the cross for the world to
There are multiple examples of this throughout Mark’s Gospel. First is when Jesus returns to Nazareth. Jesus returns to his hometown and he is rejected by the townspeople. They questioned his wisdom and the deeds that he did. Mark also claims that Jesus could do no great deeds of power in Nazareth and he was amazed at their unbelief (Mark 6:1-6). This is a huge example of Jesus feeling abandoned as a messiah. Another major instance of abandonment is when Jesus cried out to God when he was dying on the cross. Jesus cried out “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34). This could imply the feelings of abandonment that he could have felt. At this point Mark portrays Jesus as feeling abandoned by everyone, even God as he dies on the cross for the world to