Incomprehension en route to Jerusalem (Mk8:22–10:52)

Abstract

The second part of the Gospel according to Mark (8:22-10:52) is a narration about Jesus and his disciples travelling from the north of the Lake of Galilee to Jerusalem in the south. On the narrated journey, the disciples follow Jesus and he teaches them, but they do not understand his teaching. For the implied audience the story about the incomprehension of the disciples becomes a negative example of how not to react on Jesus’s teaching and the journey itself a macro-metaphor explaining how one should follow Jesus.