Summary: Aqa Re

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• Background to St Mark's Gospel

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• Papias, early Christian writer

  Mark...Peter's interpreter, wrote down accurately...all that he recollected of what Christ had said or done...for his one concern was neither to omit nor to falsify anything that he had heard.

• Jesus' Ministry

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• Start of Jesus' Ministry

  baptism, temptation, John the Baptist's arrest

• Jesus' baptism (Mark 1:9-11)

  • Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, baptised by John in the Jordan
  • As he came up from the water he saw heaver tear in two as a the Spirit descended on him like a dove
  • The voice from heaven said: You are my son, whom I love, with you I am well pleased

• Caesarea Philippi (Mark 8:27-33)

  • On the way to Caesarea Philippi he asked his disciples 'Who do people say I am'?
  • They replied 'John the Baptist; Elijah, one of the prophets'
  • 'What about you? What do you say I am' Peter: 'You are the Christ.' Jesus warned them not to tell anyone.
  • he then taught thn that the Son of man must suffer and be killed, then rise again after three days. Peter took him aside and rebuked him
  • Jesus then rebuked Peter 'Get behind me, Satan! You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men' 

• Parallels between healing of a blind man and Caesarea Philippi

  • sight - physical sight/spiritual 'sight'
  • out of the public eye - Jesus took the man out of Bethsaida /on the way to Caesarea Philippi
  • Two-fold structure - healing action performed twice/two questions for the disciples
  • Partial sight first time - blurry vision(men as walking trees)/at first said people saw him as Elijah, John etc.
  • Full 'sight' second time - man saw clearly/ Peter says 'You are the Messiah'
  • Messianic Secret - man told not to go to Bethsaida/Warned the disciples not to tell anyone

• Healing of the Blind man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26)

  • blind man brought to him at bethsaida and was begged to touch him. 
  • Jesus took the blind man by hand out of Bethsaida and spat on his eyes, then placed his hand on him and asked if he could see anything. He replied that he could see people but like trees walking about. Jesus placed his hand on the man's eyes and the man could see clearly.
  • Jesus sent him home but told him not to return to Bethsaida

• Jesus' suffering, death, and Resurrection

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• Sanhedrin's Dilemma (Mark 14:1-2)

  • Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread only 2 days away
  • chief priests and law teachers were looking for a sly way to arrest and kill Jesus
  • 'But not during the Feast or the people may riot'

• Arrangements for Betrayal (Mark 14:10-11)

  Judas Iscariot one of the twelve went to the chief priests to betray Jesus. They were delighted to hear this and promised him money. So Judas watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over.

• Jesus' relationship with others

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• Jesus in the Temple-Court (Mark 11:15-18)

  • On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves,and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts.
    
  • And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’?  But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
    

• The call of Levi (Mark 2:13-14)

  •  Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. 
  • As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.