Brian- I've never read Mark this way before, but now I'll be thinking of what you said here for some time: "The mission must be accomplished, and too early an announcement would bring forth the consternation and wrath of the blockhead world." Now that you've mentioned this ... it makes a lot of sense. Beautiful writing. I especially appreciate the way you tie some of the events in the passages with the greater narrative.
Brian- I've never read Mark this way before, but now I'll be thinking of what you said here for some time: "The mission must be accomplished, and too early an announcement would bring forth the consternation and wrath of the blockhead world." Now that you've mentioned this ... it makes a lot of sense. Beautiful writing. I especially appreciate the way you tie some of the events in the passages with the greater narrative.