Gospel of Mark 1.11 · 1.11

<p>The sentence folds Psalm 2:7 ("you are my son") into Isaiah 42:1 ("in whom my soul delighted"), both in their Greek forms. The address is second person — <em>you are</em> — where Matthew has third person, <em>this is</em>. Mark's voice speaks to Jesus; Matthew's speaks about him, to bystanders.</p><p><span class="gk">ἀγαπητός</span> in the Septuagint frequently renders a Hebrew word for "only" — it is the adjective used of Isaac in Genesis 22, the son to be sacrificed. The sense sits between "beloved" and "only," and no English rendering carries both.</p>

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