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Verses 1-6 A Prophet Without Honor
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1Jesus left there and went to
his hometown, accompanied by his disciples.
2When the Sabbath came, he
began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did
this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given
him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing?
3Isn’t this the carpenter?
Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t
his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.
4Jesus said to them, “A
prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in
his own home.”
5He could not do any miracles
there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
6He was amazed at their lack
of faith. Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.
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Concerning a prophet without
honor,
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1)
Where did Jesus
go after he left the place where he raised Jairus’ daughter from the dead?
o
Jesus went to his
hometown.
2)
What was Jesus’ hometown?
o
Jesus’ hometown
was
3)
What kind of
miracle was raising a person from the dead?
o
It was the most
awe-inspiring miracle of Jesus so far.
4)
Where did Jesus
go after performing his most awe-inspiring miracle?
o
Jesus went to his
hometown.
5)
Would people in
Jesus’ hometown have heard of this miracle when Jesus made his first public
appearance in the synagogue on the Sabbath and why?
o
Yes, because Jesus
§
Performed the
miracle in
§
Did not make a
public appearance in his hometown until the Sabbath came.
6)
Who accompanied
Jesus to his hometown?
o
Jesus’ disciples
did.
7)
What did having
disciples following Jesus around sound to people in Jesus’ hometown?
o
Jesus had become
an outstanding rabbi that people wanted to follow and emulate.
8)
How do we
characterize Jesus’ current situation in his hometown?
o
Jesus was a
homecoming son who had made a name for himself.
9)
What was people’s
response when they heard the teaching of the homecoming son?
o
Many who heard Jesus
were amazed.
o
They questioned
where he got these things.
o
They questioned the
wisdom that had been given him.
o
They questioned
the remarkable miracles that he was
doing.
o
They said, “Isn’t
this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph,
Judas and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?”
o
They took offense
at him.
10)
How did people
characterize Jesus’ teaching?
o
Jesus’ teaching
was wise.
11)
How did people
characterize Jesus’ miracles that they heard he performed?
o
Jesus’ miracles were
remarkable.
12)
What miracles did
Jesus perform in his hometown on this homecoming?
o
Jesus
§
Could not do any
miracles there.
§
Only laid his
hands on a few sick people and healed them.
13)
Why could Jesus
not work any miracles in his hometown on this occasion?
o
It was because
people there lacked faith.
14)
What was Jesus’
attitude toward the people’s lack of faith?
o
Jesus was amazed.
15)
Why was Jesus
amazed at the people’s lack of faith?
o
Jesus was amazed
because they allowed prejudice to overrule the wisdom of his teaching and the
power of his miracles.
16)
Did people in
Jesus’ hometown watch him growing up?
o
Yes.
17)
Did Jesus ever
teach or work miracles before in his hometown?
o
No.
18)
Why had people in
Jesus’ hometown formed such an antagonistic attitude toward Jesus?
o
Familiarity
breeds contempt.
o
The greater
Jesus’ popularity elsewhere, the greater the contempt, it seems.
19)
When did Jesus
start teaching and working miracles?
o
Jesus started
teaching and working miracles after the Holy Spirit came upon him in the form
of a dove while being baptized by John the Baptist in chapter 1.
20)
What did Jesus say
to the people in response to their vehemently questioning what he was doing?
o
Jesus said to
them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his
relatives and in his own home.”
21)
What role did
Jesus intend to say that he played in his reply to people’s questioning?
o
Jesus intended to
say that he played the role of a prophet in his reply.
22)
What had the
people rejected in rejecting Jesus?
o
They had rejected
a prophet.
23)
Was Jesus a
prophet and why?
o
Yes, because
Jesus was God’s spokesperson.
24)
Was Jesus rejected
elsewhere according to his reply?
o
No.
25)
Was Jesus not
rejected by people in the region of the Gerasenes when they told him to leave
their region and why?
o
People in the
region of the Gerasenes rejected the cost of Jesus’ deliverance of the demoniac
from demon possession but not the deliverance itself that took care of their
trouble.
o
In contrast people
in Jesus’ hometown rejected Jesus even though they knew that what he taught and
the miracles he did were good.
26)
Did what Jesus
say about the rejection of a prophet in his hometown apply to himself only or
to all prophets?
o
It applied to all
prophets.
27)
What was Jesus’
profession before he started proclaiming the good news of God?
o
Jesus was a
carpenter.
28)
Why was Jesus’
father not mentioned by the people?
o
Jesus’ father had
already died.
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Verses 1-6 A Prophet Without Honor
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Verses 7-13 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
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7Calling the Twelve to him,
he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure
spirits.
8These were his instructions:
“Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your
belts.
9Wear sandals but not an
extra shirt.
10Whenever you enter a house,
stay there until you leave that town.
11And if any place will not
welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet
as a testimony against them.”
12They went out and preached
that people should repent.
13They drove out many demons
and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.
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Concerning Jesus sending out
the Twelve,
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29)
What did Jesus do
after he left his hometown?
o
Jesus went around
teaching from village to village.
30)
What was the G0
person, Jesus in this case, doing?
o
The G0 person,
Jesus in this case, was sowing the word far and wide and indiscriminately.
31)
What demo did
Jesus do in the previous chapter?
o
Jesus did a demo
of how to go out to sow the word.
32)
What did Jesus do
with the twelve disciples?
o
Jesus sent them out two by two and gave them authority over impure
spirits.
33)
What would the
disciples, G0 disciples in this case, be doing?
o
The disciples, G0
disciples in this case, would be going out to sow the word far and wide and
indiscriminately, emulating what they had seen Jesus do.
34)
What would the
disciples be creating when they arrived in a new region?
o
They would be
creating a new disciple generation tree for that region as the G0 disciples.
35)
What did it mean
for Jesus to give the disciples authority over impure spirits?
o
They were able to
drive out impure spirits in Jesus’ name.
36)
Why were the
disciples given authority over impure spirits?
o
Driving out
impure spirits would be part of sowing the word.
o
As G0 disciples
they needed to tackle the territorial spirit in the region where they were
trying to create the first disciple generation tree.
37)
Why were the disciples
sent out two by two?
o
It was because going
out to sow is team work.
38)
How does the
disciples being sent out two by two inform us concerning how to organize a
stable catechized bible study group of the gospel of Mark?
o
A stable catechized
bible study group of the gospel of Mark should have two facilitators.
39)
What had Jesus
been doing with the twelve disciples ever since he selected them in chapter 3?
o
Jesus had been training them by modeling for them what they
were to do when they were sent out to sow the word as G0 disciples.
40)
Would the disciples
be going from village to village and why?
o
Yes, because
Jesus went around teaching from village to village.
41)
What might be the
reason Jesus chose to go to his hometown just before sending out the twelve
disciples?
o
Jesus was
alerting the disciples to the reality that they might not be welcome in their
hometown.
42)
Did the twelve disciples
know the true identity of Jesus at the point of being sent out and why?
o
No, because they
had not made the confession that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God.
43)
What instruction
did Jesus give to the twelve disciples who were going out to sow the word as G0
disciples?
o
Take nothing for
the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.
o
Wear sandals but
not an extra shirt.
o
Whenever you
enter a house, stay there until you leave that town.
o
If any place will
not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave,
as a testimony against them.
44)
What principles
can be drawn from Jesus’ instruction?
o
Rely on God for
provision.
o
Do not be burdened
by what is not essential.
o
Focus on the relational
network that is receptive to the word that is sown.
o
Do not waste time
trying to convince people who are not receptive to the word that is sown.
45)
What did the
twelve disciples do upon receiving the instruction from Jesus?
o
They went out and
preached that people should repent.
o
They drove out
many demons.
o
They anointed
many sick people with oil and healed them.
46)
What did driving
out demons and healing the sick do for the message of the twelve disciples?
o
It validated
their message that people should repent.
47)
What was the
outcome of Jesus training the twelve disciples and then sending them out to sow
the word?
o
The crop was
multiplied many times in comparison to the situation where Jesus did the work
all by himself.
48)
What did Jesus
promise his disciples that he would do for them when they followed him?
o
Jesus promised
them that he would send them out to fish for people in Mark 1:17.
49)
How did Jesus prepare
for sending the twelve disciples out to fish for people?
o
All the
teachings, miracles, healings and driving our demons done by Jesus up to the
point of the disciples being sent out were for that purpose.
o
Jesus did a demo
for the disciples in the region of the Gerasenes of how to go out to sow the
word as G0 disciples.
50)
What did the
disciples do to fish for people?
o
They
§
Went out to preach
that people should repent.
§
Drove out demons.
§
Healed the sick.
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Verses 7-13 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
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Verses 14-29 John the Baptist Beheaded
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14King Herod heard about
this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the
Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at
work in him.”
15Others said, “He is
Elijah.” And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets
of long ago.”
16But when Herod heard this,
he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”
17For Herod himself had given
orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did
this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.
18For John had been saying to
Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
19So Herodias nursed a grudge
against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to,
20because Herod feared John
and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard
John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him.
21Finally the opportune time
came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military
commanders and the leading men of
22When the daughter of
Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king
said to the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.”
23And he promised her with an
oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”
24She went out and said to
her mother, “What shall I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptist,” she
answered.
25At once the girl hurried in
to the king with the request: “I want you to give me right now the head of John
the Baptist on a platter.”
26The king was greatly
distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to
refuse her.
27So he immediately sent an
executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in
the prison,
28and brought back his head
on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.
29On hearing of this, John’s
disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
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Concerning what people were
saying about Jesus,
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51)
What happened as
a result of the work that Jesus and his disciples did?
o
Jesus’ name had
become well known that King Herod heard about it.
52)
In accordance
with the context what could account for Jesus’ name becoming well known and
why?
o
It could be
accounted for by the multiplied effect of the work of the twelve disciples because
it immediately follows the depiction of the twelve disciples being sent out to
sow the word.
53)
Who was King
Herod?
o
King Herod was a
vassal of the Roman Empire who ruled over
54)
What were people
saying about Jesus?
o
Some were saying,
“John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous
powers are at work in him.”
o
Others said, “He
is Elijah.”
o
Still others
claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.”
55)
What was the
reason people said that Jesus was John the Baptist raised from the dead?
o
It was because
Jesus
§
Preached the same
message John preached that people should repent.
§
Had the power to
raise the dead as seen in the raising of Jairus’ daughter.
56)
Who is Elijah?
o
Elijah is a
prophet in the Old Testament of the bible and lived about 900 years before
Jesus’ time.
57)
What was the
reason people said that Jesus was Elijah?
o
It was because
§
Jesus raised a
girl from the dead in the previous chapter while Elijah raised a boy from the
dead as recorded in 1 King 17:17-22.
§
Elijah did not
die and was taken up to heaven as recorded in 2 King 2:11.
§
Consequently some
people thought that Elijah had come back as Jesus.
· Ask a volunteer to read out loud 1 King 17:17-22 that says,
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17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became
ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing.
18 She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God?
Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”
19 “Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms,
carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed.
20 Then he cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought
tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?”
21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried
out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”
22 The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to
him, and he lived.
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11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a
chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and
Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.
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58)
Which assessment
of Jesus did King Herod hold to be true?
o
King Herod
concurred with the assessment that John the Baptist whom he beheaded had been
raised from the dead as Jesus of Nazareth.
59)
Is any of the
assessments of Jesus correct?
o
No.
60)
Who had the
correct assessment of Jesus so far?
o
God the Father
testified that that Jesus is the Son he loves.
o
Impure spirits cried
out that Jesus is the Son of God.
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Concerning John being put in
prison,
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61)
Who put John in
prison?
o
Herod did.
62)
What was the
reason Herod put John in prison?
o
Herod did this
because
§
Of Herodias, his
brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.
§
John had been
saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
63)
Who wanted to kill
John?
o
Herodias nursed a
grudge against John and wanted to kill him.
64)
Why was Herodias
unable to kill John?
o
Herodias was unable
to kill John because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a
righteous and holy man.
65)
What went through
Herod’s mind when he heard John?
o
When Herod heard
John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him.
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Concerning the execution of
John,
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66)
What was the
occasion when it was said that the opportune time came?
o
It was Herod’s birthday.
o
He gave a banquet
for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of
67)
What did the
daughter of Herodias do on the occasion?
o
She came in and
danced and pleased Herod and his dinner guests.
68)
What did Herod
say to the daughter of Herodias?
o
The king said to
the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.”
o
And he promised
her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”
69)
What did the
daughter of Herodias do upon hearing the king’s promise?
o
She went out and
said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”
70)
What did her
mother say to her in reply?
o
“The head of John
the Baptist,” she answered.
71)
What did the
daughter of Herodias do next?
o
At once the girl
hurried in to the king with the request: “I want you to give me right now the
head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
72)
What did the urgency
of the girl’s request to the king suggest?
o
The girl
considered John the Baptist her own adversary.
73)
What did the king
do in response to the girl’s request?
o
The king was
greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not
want to refuse her.
o
So he immediately
sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head.
74)
What happened to
John?
o
The executioner
went, beheaded John in the prison.
75)
What did John’s
disciples do upon hearing of John’s death?
o
John’s disciples
came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
76)
What phase of the
work of Jesus accompanied the ending of the work of John the Baptist?
o
The expanding of
the work of Jesus did.
77)
Did John complete
his task of going ahead of and preparing the way for Jesus and why?
o
Yes, because Jesus
had
§
Sent the twelve disciples
out to sow the word.
§
Reproduced
disciples who could eventually stand in his stead.
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Verses 14-29 John the Baptist Beheaded
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Verses 30-44 Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
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30The apostles gathered
around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.
31Then, because so many
people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he
said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
32So they went away by
themselves in a boat to a solitary place.
33But many who saw them
leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead
of them.
34When Jesus landed and saw a
large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a
shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.
35By this time it was late in
the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said,
“and it’s already very late.
36Send the people away so
that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves
something to eat.”
37But he answered, “You give
them something to eat.” They said to him, “That would take more than half a
year’s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to
eat?”
38“How many loaves do you
have?” he asked. “Go and see.” When they found out, they said, “Five—and two
fish.”
39Then Jesus directed them to
have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
40So they sat down in groups
of hundreds and fifties.
41Taking the five loaves and
the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves.
Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided
the two fish among them all.
42They all ate and were
satisfied,
43and the disciples picked up
twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
44The number of the men who
had eaten was five thousand.
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Concerning the disciples
going with Jesus to a quiet place,
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78)
What did the disciples
do after they returned from their mission?
o
They gathered
around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught.
79)
What was the
purpose of the disciples’ report to Jesus of all they had done and taught?
o
They were held
accountable by Jesus for what they did as they went out to sow the word.
80)
Was the sending
out of the twelve disciples to sow the word and their being held accountable
for what they did a milestone in the discipleship continuum and why?
o
Yes, because it
indicated that Jesus had
§
Fulfilled his
promise to send his disciples out to fish for people.
§
Successfully
reproduced disciples who were able to continue his work after his departure.
81)
Did the
disciples’ being able to continue Jesus’ work after his departure necessarily
translate into their being willing to do so?
o
No.
82)
What would ensure
the disciples’ being willing to continue Jesus’ work after his departure?
o
Jesus would need
to advance the disciples toward the next milestone in the discipleship
continuum in what was to come.
83)
What would the
next milestone in the discipleship continuum accomplish?
o
The next
milestone in the discipleship continuum would accomplish the following:
§
The disciples
confessed Jesus as the Christ.
§
The disciples
dealt with the hard issues of discipleship:
Ø
Denying the flesh.
Ø
Abiding by the
principle of servanthood in leadership governance.
84)
How busy were Jesus
and his disciples in dealing with people around them?
o
They were so busy
that they did not even have a chance to eat.
85)
What did Jesus
suggest to his disciples that they should do?
o
He said to them,
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”
86)
What did Jesus
and his disciples end up doing?
o
They went away by
themselves in a boat to a solitary place.
87)
What was the
reason they went away in a boat?
o
Going away in a
boat ensured that they would not be surrounded by people.
88)
How did their plan
of going to a quiet solitary place pan out?
o
They were unable
to get away from the crowd because many who saw them leaving recognized them
and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
89)
Why does it say
that people ran on foot from all the towns?
o
People spread the
news to the towns along the way as to where Jesus was heading so that large
numbers of people came out from these towns.
90)
How could people
tell where Jesus was heading?
o
Jesus and his
disciples were sailing along the coastline because they just wanted to look for
a quiet place to rest.
91)
How could
people’s fascination with Jesus be accounted for?
o
People’s
fascination with Jesus could be partly accounted for by the multiplied effect
of the work of the twelve disciples.
92)
What did Jesus
see when he landed?
o
Jesus saw a large crowd.
93)
What was Jesus’
reaction when he saw the crowd?
o
Jesus had compassion on them, because they were like sheep
without a shepherd.
94)
What did Jesus do
with the crowd?
o
He began teaching
them many things.
95)
What was it that
fixated the crowd’s attention on Jesus?
o
It was Jesus’
teaching.
96)
What was Jesus
like to the people?
o
Jesus was to the people like a shepherd was to his sheep.
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Concerning Jesus feeding the
five thousands,
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97)
What time of the
day was it when Jesus finished teaching the people?
o
It was late in
the day.
98)
What did the
disciples suggest to Jesus that he should do?
o
“This is a remote
place,” they said, “and it’s already very late.
Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside
and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
99)
Who identified
the crowd’s need for food?
o
It was the
disciples.
100)
Why did all these
people end up in that remote place?
o
They were there
because they followed Jesus to the solitary place he was heading for.
o
It was not so
solitary after the crowd followed him there.
101)
What was Jesus’
response to his disciples’ suggestion to send the people away?
o
He answered them,
“You give them something to eat.”
102)
What did the
disciples say?
o
They said to him,
“That would take more than half a year’s wages! Are we to go and spend that
much on bread and give it to them to eat?”
103)
Did Jesus and the
disciples have half a year’s wages in their possession?
o
No.
104)
What really was
the disciples’ question?
o
“Even if we have
that kind of money, are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to
them to eat?”
105)
Was giving the
crowd something to eat commensurate with the disciples’ responsibility and
ability?
o
Giving the crowd
something to eat was outside the disciples’ responsibility and beyond their
ability.
106)
In what way did Jesus
challenge the disciples to face their responsibility and ability when he told
them to give the crowd something to eat?
o
Jesus challenged
the disciples to look beyond their responsibility and ability in feeding the
crowd.
107)
What did Jesus
ask the disciples to do to find out about the stock of food they had?
o
Jesus asked them to find out how many loaves of bread they
had with them.
108)
What did the
disciples find?
o
The disciples
found that they had five loaves of bread and two fish.
109)
What did Jesus
tell the disciples to do?
o
Jesus directed the
disciples to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass.
110)
What did the
people do?
o
They sat down in
groups of hundreds and fifties.
111)
Did the people
anticipate food coming their way as they sat down?
o
Yes.
112)
What might be
going through the disciples’ mind at this point?
o
The disciples
might be getting anxious and not sure where the food would come from for
feeding such a large crowd.
113)
Why would the
disciples be anxious and not sure where the food would come from?
o
There had been
occasions where Jesus and his disciples had gone without food as they traveled
around, either because they ran out of money or they were at a remote
place.
o
Jesus never
miraculously brought forth food on those occasions.
114)
What did Jesus do
next?
o
Taking the five
loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus gave thanks and broke the loaves.
o
Then he gave them
to his disciples to distribute to the people.
o
He also divided
the two fish among them all.
115)
To whom did Jesus
give thanks for the five loaves and two fish?
o
Jesus looked up
to heaven to give thanks to God the Father in prayer.
116)
Where did so much
food come from for feeding such a large crowd?
o
The five loaves
and two fish were multiplied in Jesus’ hands as he
§
Gave thanks to
God the Father in prayer.
§
Broke them and distributed
them to the people.
117)
How did Jesus
distribute the food to the people?
o
Jesus handed the
food to the disciples.
o
The disciples distributed
it to the people.
118)
What was the
function of the disciples in feeding the five thousand?
o
The disciples
§
Turned over the
limited resources they had to Jesus.
§
Then served as
the channel for distributing the multiplied resources to the people.
119)
When did the food
stop getting multiplied?
o
The food stopped
getting multiplied when
§
Everyone had
enough.
§
Jesus stopped
breaking the loaves and the fish.
120)
How much did the
people have to eat?
o
They all ate and
were satisfied.
121)
How much leftover
was there?
o
The disciples
picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
122)
Was the leftover more
than the five loaves and two fish they began with?
o
Yes.
123)
How did what the
disciples got back compare with what they gave away?
o
The disciples got
back more than the five loaves and two fish they gave away.
124)
How many men had
eaten?
o
The number of men
who had eaten was five thousand.
125)
What was the
total number of people who had eaten?
o
The total number
of people who had eaten was more than five thousand.
126)
What did the
disciples learn in meeting the need of such a large crowd with such limited
resources?
o
Whatever the
disciples turned over to Jesus, however insignificant, would
§
Be multiplied
many times over in Jesus’ hand.
§
Be sufficient.
127)
What was special
about the nature of the help the whole crowd received from Jesus’ miracle on
this occasion?
o
This was the
first time that the whole crowd received material benefits from Jesus’ miracle.
128)
What was special
about the nature of the help the disciples received from Jesus’ miracle on this
occasion?
o
This was the
first time that the disciples received material benefits from Jesus’ miracle.
129)
How did this
episode of feeding five thousand begin to alter people’s idea of what they
wanted to get from Jesus?
o
Previously people
came to Jesus for his teaching, healing and the driving out of impure spirits.
o
Only some people
from the whole crowd received tangible benefits from Jesus’ ministry.
o
But everyone in
the crowd received material benefits from this episode of feeding five
thousand.
o
From this point
on people had the additional incentive of coming to Jesus for material gains.
130)
How did this
episode of feeding five thousand change the crowd’s expectation of Jesus?
o
It galvanized the
crowd’s expectation of Jesus becoming their king.
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Verses 30-44 Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand
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Verses 45-56 Jesus Walks on the Water
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45Immediately Jesus made his
disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to
46After leaving them, he went
up on a mountainside to pray.
47Later that night, the boat
was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land.
48He saw the disciples
straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn
he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,
49but when they saw him
walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out,
50because they all saw him
and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is
51Then he climbed into the
boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed,
52for they had not understood
about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.
53When they had crossed over,
they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.
54As soon as they got out of
the boat, people recognized Jesus.
55They ran throughout that
whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56And
wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in
the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak,
and all who touched it were healed.
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Concerning Jesus dismissing
the crowd,
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131)
What did Jesus make
the disciples do?
o
Immediately Jesus
made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to
o
A map of
132)
What did Jesus do
with the crowd?
o
He dismissed the
crowd.
133)
What did Jesus do
after he dismissed the crowd?
o
He went up on a
mountainside to pray.
134)
What could be the
reason that prompted Jesus to pray?
o
Jesus was
concerned about
§
People’s motive
of coming to him for the sake of material gains from that point on.
§
The impact the
miracle had on the disciples.
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Concerning Jesus walking on
the lake,
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135)
Where was Jesus that
evening?
o
Jesus was alone
on land.
136)
Where were the
disciples?
o
The disciples
were straining at the oars in the middle of the lake.
137)
What was the
reason the disciples were straining at the oars?
o
It was because
the wind was against them.
138)
Had the disciples
gone far on the lake and why?
o
No, because Jesus
could see them from the shore.
139)
What did Jesus do
shortly before dawn?
o
Jesus went out to
the disciples, walking on the lake.
140)
What was the
reason Jesus could catch up with the disciples?
o
The wind slowed
the disciples down enough that Jesus could catch up with them.
141)
What happened
when Jesus was about to pass by the disciples?
o
The disciples
§
Saw Jesus walking
on the lake.
§
Thought he was a ghost
and cried out.
§
were terrified.
142)
What did Jesus do
to calm the disciples down?
o
Immediately Jesus
spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is
143)
What happened
after the disciples recognized Jesus?
o
Jesus climbed
into the boat with them.
144)
When did the wind
die down?
o
The wind died
down when Jesus climbed into the boat.
145)
What was the disciples’
reaction?
o
They were amazed.
146)
What were the
disciples amazed at?
o
They were amazed
at
§
Jesus walking on
water.
§
The wind dying
down upon Jesus climbing into the boat.
147)
Was there any
thought accompanying the disciples’ amazement?
o
No.
148)
What was the thought
accompanying the disciples’ terror at the end of chapter 4 when Jesus calmed
the storm?
o
They were
terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey
him!”
149)
What was the focus
of the disciples’ attention at the end of the incident of Jesus calming the
storm in chapter 4?
o
The focus of
their attention was on who Jesus was.
150)
What was the
first miracle the disciples were participants and not just spectators of?
o
Jesus calming the
storm at the end of chapter 4 was the first miracle the disciples were
participants and not just spectators of.
151)
How were the
disciples participants in the miracle of Jesus calming the storm?
o
Had Jesus not
calmed the storm miraculously, the disciples would have drowned.
152)
What caused the
disciples to focus their attention on who Jesus was at the end of the incident
of Jesus calming the storm?
o
The disciples had
their attention focused on who Jesus was by virtue of
§
Being
participants and not just spectators in the miracle of Jesus calming the storm.
§
Having been
delivered from a great peril through the miracle.
153)
Who was the
person that was a participant in Jesus’ miracle and that had been delivered
from a great peril through the miracle thus resulting in the person’s attention
being focused on who Jesus was and the person’s desire to go with Jesus?
o
The person was
the former demoniac who had the Legion driven out.
154)
Was the former
demoniac eager to know who Jesus was after the Legion was driven out?
o
Yes.
155)
How did the
former demoniac find out about who Jesus was?
o
The former
demoniac
§
Knew from the
Legion’s declaration that Jesus is the Son of the Most High God.
§
Asked to go with Jesus
so that he could get to know Jesus more.
156)
How do we compare
the disciples and the former demoniac in terms of eagerness to follow Jesus?
o
The disciples
were called to follow Jesus.
o
The former
demoniac volunteered to follow Jesus.
157)
Between the
disciples on the one hand and the former demoniac on the other, which party had
the greater motivation to focus on who Jesus was and to get to know Jesus more?
o
The former
demoniac did.
158)
Who got sent out
to sow the word first, the disciples or the former demoniac?
o
The former
demoniac got sent out to sow the word ahead of the disciples.
159)
How did the
content of the word sown by the former demoniac on the one hand and by the
disciples on the other contrast with one another?
o
The former
demoniac proclaimed how Jesus, Son of the Most High God, had delivered him from
the throes of torture in the hand of the Legion.
o
The disciples
preached that people should repent, drove out
demons and healed the sick.
160)
Did the personal
testimony of the former demoniac likely include a message of repentance and why?
o
Yes, because the former
demoniac likely confessed the sins he had fallen into such that thousands of
demons went into him.
161)
Did the disciples
proclaim the divine identity of Jesus and why?
o
No, because
otherwise they would have received such condemnation from the religious leaders
that they would not have gone very far.
162)
Why did the
former demoniac not experience pushback from the Jewish religious leaders when
he proclaimed that Jesus is the Son of the Most High God?
o
It was because
the
163)
Can we say that
the former demoniac turn out to be the first apostle to be sent out by Jesus to
sow the word and why?
o
Yes, because the
word ‘apostle’ means ‘sent one’.
164)
Were the
disciples participants in the miracle of Jesus walking on water and calming the
wind and why?
o
Yes, because they
were straining at the oars until Jesus climbed into the boat and the wind died
down.
165)
Did the disciples
as participants in the miracle of Jesus walking on water and calming the wind focus
their attention on who Jesus was?
o
No.
166)
What was the disciples’
reaction to Jesus walking on water and calming the wind?
o
They were
completely amazed.
167)
Who would
consistently exhibit the reaction of being amazed at Jesus’ miracles?
o
The spectator
crowd consistently exhibited the reaction of being amazed at Jesus’ miracles but
never asked the question of who Jesus was because they did not participate in
the miracles.
o
The following
four verses were quoted from four different occasions where Jesus performed a
miracle that amazed the spectator crowd.
· Ask a volunteer to read out loud Mark 1:27 that says,
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27The people were all so
amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching—and with
authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.”
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12He got up, took his mat and
walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God,
saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”
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· Ask a volunteer to read out loud Mark 5:42 that says,
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42Immediately the girl stood
up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were
completely astonished.
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· Ask a volunteer to read out loud Mark 7:37 that says,
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37People were overwhelmed
with amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the
deaf hear and the mute speak.”
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168)
But didn’t the
crowd express their opinion of who Jesus was?
o
Asking who Jesus
was conveyed a sense of humility that was not seen in simply voicing one’s
opinion of him.
169)
What did the disciples’
reaction of being completely amazed at Jesus walking on water and calming the
wind without focusing their attention on who Jesus was suggest on the surface
that was in reality not true?
o
The reaction of
the disciples was as though they were spectators and did not participate in the
miracle.
170)
What was the
reason the disciples fail to focus their attention on who Jesus was at the end
of the incident of Jesus walking on water and calming the wind even though they
were participants in the miracle?
o
They failed
because they had also been participants in the miracle of Jesus feeding five
thousands prior to Jesus walking on water and calming the wind.
171)
Why would being
participants in the miracle of Jesus feeding five thousands cause the disciples
to fail to focus their attention on who Jesus was at the end of the miracle of
Jesus walking on water and calming the wind?
o
When they
participated in the miracle of feeding five thousands and received material
benefits from it, the disciples became fixated on and were distracted by material
gains from the miracle.
o
As a result they failed
to focus their attention on who Jesus was at the end of the miracle of Jesus walking
on water and calming the wind.
172)
What does verse
52 mean that says, ‘For they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts
were hardened’?
o
Until they
understood why Jesus would not work miracles for his personal gains, the
disciples’ hearts toward spiritual matters would be hardened.
173)
In summary, until
they understood why Jesus would not work miracles for his personal gains, what
difficulties would the disciples encounter?
o
Until they
understood why Jesus would not work miracles for his personal gains, the
disciples would have difficulties
§
Understanding
spiritual matters.
§
Focusing their
attention on who Jesus is.
174)
Did the miracle
of feeding five thousands and the miracle of Jesus walking on water and calming
the wind together expose the disciples’ problem and why?
o
Yes, because
Jesus was using these two miracles to diagnose the state of the disciples’
spiritual condition.
175)
Was the
disciples’ problem another reason Jesus needed to go up on a mountainside to
pray after feeding the five thousands?
o
Yes.
176)
How do we
reconcile the fact that the disciples had gone out to sow the word by driving
out demons and healing the sick and yet they had difficulties focusing on who
Jesus was?
o
What the
disciples did in going out to sow the word was not a predictor of the
disciples’ heart condition whether they were inclined to focus on who Jesus was.
o
The disciples’
going out to sow the word belonged in the earlier phase of the discipleship
continuum that had just been completed.
o
The disciples’ confessing
Jesus as the Christ and denying their flesh was the next milestone to be
reached.
177)
What specific
challenges did the disciples’ failure to focus on who Jesus was present to their
reaching the next milestone in the discipleship continuum?
o
We are going to
see that as a result of their failure to focus on who Jesus was the disciples
had difficulties reaching the next milestone in the discipleship continuum of
§
Confessing Jesus
as the Christ.
§
Denying their
flesh, which was one of the hard issues of discipleship.
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Concerning what happened
after Jesus and his disciples landed at Gennesaret,
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178)
Where did Jesus
and his disciples land after they crossed over the lake?
o
They landed at
Gennesaret and anchored there.
o
A map of Gennesaret
is shown on the following page: https://bibleatlas.org/genneseret.htm
179)
Did Jesus and his
disciples originally intend to go to Gennesaret and why?
o
No, because they
were supposed to go to
180)
Why did Jesus and
his disciples end up in Gennesaret instead?
o
They went off
course on the boat ride because of the wind.
181)
What happened as soon
as Jesus and his disciples got out of the boat?
o
People recognized
Jesus.
182)
What did people
do when they recognized Jesus?
o
They ran
throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they
heard he was.
183)
How did people
make arrangement for the sick to be healed by Jesus?
o
Wherever Jesus
went — into villages, towns or countryside — people placed the sick in the
marketplaces. They begged him to let
them touch even the edge of his cloak.
o
Those who touched
Jesus’ cloak were healed.
184)
Why did people
believe that if sick people touched the edge of Jesus’ cloak, they would be
healed?
o
People heard the
story of the woman with a bleeding problem getting healed when she touched
Jesus’ cloak.
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Verses 45-56 Jesus Walks on the Water
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