It is interesting that the terms σωτρ and σωτηρíα (except in Mark 16:21) are not used in Mark. Although the terms "salvation" and "saviour" are absent from Mark, the role of "saviour" is not. The verb σζω occurs in 3:4; 5:23,28,34; 6:56; 8:35; 10:26,52; 13:13,20; 15:30-31 (and 16:16). It is also generally accepted that the passion of Jesus plays a very important role in this Gospel, and Kähle...