Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Mark 8:1-21

This Sunday Papa Fred will teach on Mark 8:1-21. Below are some questions to help you begin thinking about the text before then. See you Sunday.

Why did Jesus call the disciples to Him? (8:1-3)

How did Jesus feel toward the crowd of people that had gathered? (8:2)

How long had the crowd in this story been gathered? Why? (8:2)

Why couldn’t Jesus just send the people to their homes for food? (8:3)

What did Jesus’ disciples think of the crowd’s dilemma? (8:4)

How did Jesus involve His disciples in this problem? (8:5-8)

What did Jesus do with the seven loaves and few small fish that the disciples had found? (8:6)

How much food went uneaten? (8:8)

What did Jesus do after He had fed the crowd? (8:9-10)

Who came to see Jesus? Why? (8:11)

How did the Pharisees plan to "test" Jesus? (8:11)

Why did Jesus "sigh deeply"? (8:12)

What announcement did Jesus make to the generation of His day? (8:12)

What did Jesus think of His visitors? (8:12-13)

What had the disciples forgotten on their trip? (8:14)

When did Jesus start talking about the Pharisees? (8:15)

What did Jesus warn His disciples against? (8:15)

How did the disciples misunderstand Jesus’ warning? (8:16)

What was Christ’s explanation for why the disciples could not understand what He meant? (8:17-18)

Why couldn’t the disciples understand what Jesus said? (8:17-18)

What would have enabled the disciples to understand Jesus better? (8:17-18)

Why was Jesus amazed at His disciples? (8:17-21)

Why did Jesus remind the disciples about the miracles of feeding the crowds? (8:19)

How did Jesus try to get through to His disciples? (8:18-20)

Of what miracles did Jesus remind the disciples? Why? (8:19-20)