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Mk 1:2a ... As it-has-been-written in to-the Isaiah the prophet, ...

Verse 2 has 4 phrases containing 7 narrator and 13 dialog words. The first phrase contains these 7 narrator words ... Kathōs gegraptai en tō Esaia tō profētē (As it has been written in Isaiah the prophet, ...).

Diagram 1: The 7 narrator words are top down on to a scroll or the page of a book. The next words of the verse will come from the prophet Isaiah.

Diagram 2: This verse employs a literary technique called midrash in which an author borrows words, phrases, and themes from a well known classic and incorporates them in his own work. The text in this verse reworks Exodus, Malachi, and Isaiah. The voice of the text may also be Mark speaking to the reader. The large rectangle shows four verses from the Old Testament which will be the source text for the next 13 words that follow. God, who has the same face as his messenger and Jesus, appears at the top. The prophet Isaiah, verse Isa 40:3, appears at the bottom.

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