In Chapter 14, Jesus will be rejected, betrayed and abandoned. Yet, before this happens, He celebrates the Passover meal with His disciples and transforms it forever. It is the end of the old and the beginning of the new.
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Mark begins Chapter 14 with an intentional contrast of a man who sold Jesus out for money and a woman who gave up her most valuable possession to show us the meaning of whole-hearted devotion to Jesus.
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On the Mount of Olives, Jesus is going to predict both the imminent destruction of the Temple and the ultimate consummation of the age, and call all believers to endure with hope.
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In the next section, Jesus is going to take us below the surface to see himself, the scribes, and a poor widow they way He sees them. Jesus shows us His deity, the scribes insecurity, and the poor widows generosity.
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