Moses Muwulya

By Moses Muwulya   According to Tkach (n.d), the words and the actions that John proclaim in this story are not for the sake of advising future banquet organizers to always have enough wine nor they are merely showing that Jesus makes good wine, but he contends John proclaimed these words for their symbolic significance. These words, as Dei (2011) attests, carry Christological depth when explored.  With these assertions, I wish to account for John’s concentration on the story that Mark ignored by looking at the symbolic meaning of the words in the story of Jesus’ miracle turning water into wine.     To start with are the very words that start the story, that is, “ On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee” The Bible has many instances that refer to events occurring on the third day with the most notable being the resurrection of Christ to life on the third day. According to Opeus Dei (2011), in the Old Testament, the third day is the time for theo...

  The passion of Christ; A comparison between Mark and John’s narratives. Jesus nailed on the cross (internet photo) By Moses Muwulya The narrative of the passion of Christ in Mark’s Gospel has similarities with that in John’s Gospel. These similarities are more pronounced in the pivotal events of Jesus’ passion which include; the triumphal entry, prediction of Peter’s denial and the story of how it eventually happened, the arrest of Jesus Christ and subsequently His trial, crucifixion and resurrection. Both Mark and John proclaim Jesus’ triumphal entry. In this pivotal event in the passion story, the duo recount Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey (a scene of the ancient prophecy in Zacharia 9:9) amidst praises piled to Him by the crowds that shouted “Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Mark 11:7-10 and John 12:12-14) Both Mark and John proclaim Jesus’ prediction of Peter’s denial and the story in which it happened. Mark proclaim...