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Cilliers Breytenbach focuses on the use of the imperative in the Gospel of Mark. After a survey of different views on the aspect of the Greek imperative, Breytenbach discusses the present and aorist imperatives, as well as the alternation between present and aorist imperatives in Mark’s gospel. He then looks at the varied use of the imperative mood in two longer portions of text, Jesus’s warnings for the last days (Mark 13:5–37) and his directives in Gethsemane (Mark 14:32–42). The chapter closes with a note on the perfect imperative and some conclusions on Mark’s use of the imperative.