Mark 1:1 Cross References

Mark 1:1

1: Here begins the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.

Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.
But now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he made the universe and everything in it.

Then the disciples worshiped him. "You really are the Son of God!" they exclaimed.

And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
So whoever has God's Son has life; whoever does not have his Son does not have life.

This letter is from Paul, Jesus Christ's slave, chosen by God to be an apostle and sent out to preach his Good News.
This Good News was promised long ago by God through his prophets in the holy Scriptures.
It is the Good News about his Son, Jesus, who came as a man, born into King David's royal family line.
And Jesus Christ our Lord was shown to be the Son of God when God powerfully raised him from the dead by means of the Holy Spirit.

The one who existed from the beginning is the one we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is Jesus Christ, the Word of life.
This one who is life from God was shown to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and announce to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was shown to us.
We are telling you about what we ourselves have actually seen and heard, so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Then the Devil came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, change these stones into loaves of bread."

And a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, and I am fully pleased with him."

So the Word became human and lived here on earth among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the only Son of the Father.

But even as he said it, a bright cloud came over them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my beloved Son, and I am fully pleased with him. Listen to him."

They used as their source material the reports circulating among us from the early disciples and other eyewitnesses of what God has done in fulfillment of his promises.
Having carefully investigated all of these accounts from the beginning, I have decided to write a careful summary for you,

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life.

The law of Moses could not save us, because of our sinful nature. But God put into effect a different plan to save us. He sent his own Son in a human body like ours, except that ours are sinful. God destroyed sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.

The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby born to you will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.

Dear Theophilus: In my first book I told you about everything Jesus began to do and teach
until the day he ascended to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions from the Holy Spirit.

The king proclaims the LORD's decree: "The LORD said to me, `You are my son. Today I have become your Father.

but the angel reassured them. "Don't be afraid!" he said. "I bring you good news of great joy for everyone!
The Savior--yes, the Messiah, the Lord--has been born tonight in Bethlehem, the city of David!

"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Since God did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won't God, who gave us Christ, also give us everything else?

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