History and Context
This apostle heavily influenced Mark’s writing.
Who is Peter?
Name JUST the four types of soils.
What is
1. The Path (or Wayside)
2. Rocky Ground
3.Thorny Ground
4. Good soil.
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The title given to the man who asked Jesus what he must do to inherit eternal life and then walked away saddened.
Who is the Rich Young Ruler?
The name of the place where Jesus was crucified AND its meaning.
What is Golgotha and 'the skull'?
This man lived the longest of anyone recorded in the Bible.
Who is Methuselah?
The Gospel of Mark was likely written for Christians in THIS empire or city.
What is Rome?
Jesus teaches that this does NOT defile a person, but this does. Name the two things.
What is 'What goes into a Person' and 'What comes out of a Person'?
The two individuals who gave the body of Jesus an honorable burial.
Who are Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus?
This was the false testimony that some brought at Jesus’ trial.
What is “We heard Him say, ‘I will destroy this temple… and build another in three days.’”
These were the years when Israel and Judah fell respectively.
What is 722 B.C. and 586 B.C.?
Mark emphasizes Jesus more as this type of figure rather than a teacher or king.
What is a Suffering Servant?
Name the interpretations of the four soils.
What is
1. The Path (Wayside) - These are people who hear the word of God but do not understand it. The seed is immediately taken away by Satan before it can take root.
2. The Rocky Ground - These are people who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They last only a short time. When troubles or persecution come because of the word, they quickly fall away.
3. The Thorny Ground - These are people who hear the word, but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
4. The Good Soil - These are people who hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop — some thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred times what was sown. They allow the word to grow in them and bear fruit.
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Jesus healed this individual's demon-possessed daughter.
Who is the Syrophoenician woman?
(Luke calls her the styrofoam woman 😭💀)
What did Jesus refuse to drink before His crucifixion, and what did He drink later?
What is wine mixed with myrrh (refused), then vinegar/sour wine (accepted near death)?
Name the 6 Refuge cities.
What is
1. Kedesh
2. Shechem
3. Hebron
4. Bezer
5. Ramoth
6. Golan
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This event, predicted by Jesus in Mark 13, likely shaped the book’s urgency and tone.
What is the destruction of the Temple (70 A.D.)?
This was Jesus' response to the disciples' question about why they were not able to cast out demons.
What is "This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting."
This man helped Jesus carry His cross after He was condemned to be crucified.
Who is Simon of Cyrene?
These women were named at the crucifixion and burial — and name the roles they played.
Who are Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome; they witnessed the crucifixion and burial, preparing spices for His body.
Do you know your Eschatology, dear children? 💀
Arrange the following in order:
> Tribulation
> Eternity
> Great White Throne
> Millennium
> Church Age
> Second Coming of Christ
> Rapture
What is
> Church Age
> Rapture
> Tribulation
> Second Coming of Christ
> Millennium
> Great White Throne
> Eternity
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The Book of Mark was written in this year. (Approximate will do as long as you're not way off)
What is Between 55 and 65 A.D.?
What is TWO?
Name the 12 disciples.
Who are
Simon (Peter)
James (son of Zebedee)
John (brother of James)
Andrew
Philip
Bartholomew
Matthew
Thomas
James (son of Alphaeus)
(nah like why is bro called James the lesser 😭)
Thaddaeus
Simon the Zealot
Judas Iscariot
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Jesus said this that made the high priest tear his robes. (Paraphrasing works)
What is “You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”
Name the 12 sons of Jacob.
Who is
1. Reuben
2. Simeon
3. Levi
4. Judah
5. Dan
6. Naphtali
7. Gad
8. Asher
9. Issachar
10. Zebulun
11. Joseph
12. Benjamin
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