A Portrait of Jesus

Jesus was aware of God's power flowing through him

Mark 5:30, SV

And suddenly, because Jesus realized that power had drained out of him, he turned around and started asking the crowd, "Who touched my clothes?"

Mark 5:30, NRSV

Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?"

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Resources for Further Study

Books and Articles by Marcus Borg

FaithFutures Foundation: integrating faith and scholarship

Living the Questions, a progressive 12-week DVD and web curriculum to help participants discover the relevance of Christianity in the 21st Century and what a meaningful faith can look like in today's world. Features Marcus Borg and 14 other scholars and pastors.

New Testament Gateway, created by Dr. Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham, UK

The Jesus Seminar, created by Dr. Mahlon Smith, Jesus Seminar Fellow and faculty at Rutgers University

Virtual Religion Index, created by Dr. Mahlon Smith, Rutgers University

Westar Institute, official Jesus Seminar site; includes churches open to the scholarship of the Jesus Seminar

Biblical references are from The Scholars Version translation (SV), published in The Five Gospels, © 1993 by Polebridge Press and New Revised Standard Version (NRSV), © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. The images include portrayals of Jesus from a wide variety of traditions and experiences.

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