... There's no reason why more than one of these ideas shouldn't have been in the author's mind. A peculiar feature of the encounters between Jesus and the demons concerns the question of who Jesus is. The author of Mark begins by describing his book as "the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God" (1:1). The heavenly voice confirms this at the baptism. But afterwards, it is the demons who know who Jesus is. Presumably ... version of the Hebrew word Messiah. For the Jews of the time of Jesus, the title had political as well as religious implications. Many expected the Messiah to free the Jews ...

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