Professional Dead Tree
What is the part of a story that gives critical background information a reader needs to understand the story.
Prologue
What is the central theme of Jesus' preaching and teaching in Mark and all the Synoptic gospels?
The Kingdom of God
Who consistently doesn't "get it" in the gospel of Mark?
Jesus' disciples
What Old Testament event provides important background info for Jesus' institution of the Lord's Supper
Passover
What happened in the Temple the moment Jesus died?
The veil was torn
Who are two people/groups of people that Mark's prologue show prepared the way for Jesus?
1. OT prophets
2. John the Baptist
What parable shows different responses to the Kingdom of God
Parable of the Sower
How do the disciples respond to Jesus' new/more powerful miracles in Mark 4-5
Fear
What enacted parable shows God's rejection of the Temple/JRE?
Cursing of the fig tree
How did most people die from crucifixion
Asphyxiation/not being able to breathe
Who is Jesus' temptation in the wilderness similar to from the OT?
Adam and Eve
OR
Israel in the wilderness
What did Jesus and the apostles understand the KoG to be the fulfillment of?
The hopes and promises of the OT
What is it called when a parable is acted out?
(Jesus did this to show his disciples things that they still weren't getting!)
Enacted parable
What special emphasis does Mark have on the Triumphal Entry?
The people's false expectations
Who did the Jews choose to release instead of Jesus?
Barabbas
What does the prologue (and really the whole gospel) of Mark teach?
Who Jesus is (Son of God/Messiah) and what it means to follow him (discipleship)
What type of Kingdom authority is shown by this passage, "And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men." (Mark 1:17)
Authority to Call
What deeper meaning does the 2 part healing of the blind man in Mark have?
Represents the disciples who have begun to see Jesus but don't see him clearly yet
What is the teaching section about the Last Days according to Jesus called?
The Olivet Discourse
What is Jesus referencing when he cries out "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Psalm 22
What is one reason that Jesus was baptized?
To publicly commission him for ministry.
OR
To fulfill all righteousness.
OR
To identify with the sins of his people to bear them as the Lamb of God.
What type of kingdom authority is shown in this passage: "But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” and the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him. (Mark 1:25-26)"
Authority over Evil/Demons/Satan
Jesus' predictions of his death in Mark 8-10 reveal things about who Jesus is and what it means to follow him. What 2 things do they reveal about what it means for him to be the Christ?
1. Present Suffering
2. Future Glory
What resolution does Jesus come to in Gethsemane?
Not my will but yours
What is the climax of the gospel of Mark?
The gentile soldier confesses Jesus is the Son of God!