At the end of Mark's Gospel (16:7) the women are commanded to tell the disciples that they shall “see” the resurrected Jesus in Galilee. Since Mark has no resurrection appearances per se, it becomes an open question as to the form of his appearance. By carefully examining a repeated literary pattern and then a thematic trajectory, we see that Mark does reveal the form of the resurrected Jesus. It is a form that will be seen not only by the first disciples, but by all disciples of every time and place.
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