Friday, February 11, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Mark 8:1-21
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)