Name
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Reference
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Notes
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1.
Authority of the Gospel |
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Introduction
to the Gospel |
Mk1:1 |
The heading to the book
– it is a Gospel, the Good News about faith in Jesus as both Son of God
and Messiah (Christ) |
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2.
Titles I: Son of God & Son of Man |
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Son of God |
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The
Baptism |
1:9-11 |
Demonstrates God’s approval of Jesus |
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The
Transfiguration |
9: 2-8 |
As above - also Moses
and Elijah - show that Jesus is the Messiah - continuity with Old
Testament |
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The Trial before the High Priest |
14:61-62 |
The Question of the
High Priest & Jesus’ answer |
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The Crucifixion |
15:39 |
The words of the
Centurion |
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The Son of
Man |
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The
paralysed man |
2: 1-12 |
Again Jesus is claiming
authority of God |
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The
prediction of the Passion |
8: 31-33 |
Jesus shows himself as the suffering servant |
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The
request of James and John |
10: 35-45 |
Misunderstanding of
Jesus’ role - did not foresee suffering servant |
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The Trial before the High Priest |
14:61-62 |
The Question of the
High Priest & Jesus’ answer |
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3.
Titles II:Jesus, Saviour, Messiah |
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Jesus/Saviour |
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The
Calming of the Storm |
4: 35- 41 |
Authority over nature -
authority of God - saves disciples - Jesus as saviour |
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The
feeding of the 5000 |
6:30-44 |
Again role as saviour -
feeding the people |
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The
Syro-Phoenician woman's daughter |
7: 24-30 |
Foresees that Jesus
would be for all people - not just Jews. Much of conversation ‘tongue in
cheek’. |
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Christ/Messiah/Son
of David: |
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Caesarea
Philippi |
8:27-30 |
Peter acknowledges that
Jesus is the Messiah |
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Blind
Bartimaeus |
10: 46-52 |
Obviously number of
people are beginning to see Jesus as the Messiah |
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Entry
into Jerusalem |
11: 1-11 |
Jesus is welcomed as
the Messiah - but the Messiah they were expecting - Jesus came in peace |
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4.
Passion (Suffering) of Jesus |
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Gethsemane |
14: 32-52 |
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Trial
before the Sanhedrin |
14:53-72 |
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Jesus
before Pilate |
15: 1-20 |
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The
crucifixion |
15: 21-41 |
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Jesus’
burial |
15: 42-47 |
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5.
The Resurrection |
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The
resurrection |
16: 1-8 |
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The
longer ending of Mark |
16: 9-20 |
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Question
about the resurrection |
12: 18-27 |
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6.
Christian Community I: Kingdom & Faith |
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Kingdom of
God |
Various passages relating to the kingdom of God - you must be familiar
with this idea. In these passages Jesus gives us a number of meanings for
the Kingdom; how to be apart of it; what it will be like; when it will be. |
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The
parables of the Kingdom |
4: 1-34 |
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Sayings
of the Kingdom |
1: 14-15 |
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Jesus
and the children |
10: 13-16 |
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Entry
into the Kingdom |
10: 17-27 |
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The
greatest commandment |
12: 28-34 |
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Faith and prayer |
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Jairus'
daughter |
5:21-24, |
Key idea - faith -
foreshadows Jesus’ own resurrection |
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The
woman with a haemorrhage |
5: 25-34 |
Again - key point – faith |
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Jesus
at prayer |
6: 45-46 |
Shows that Jesus spent
time in prayer - lesson for Christians today |
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The
epileptic boy |
9: 14-29 |
Again faith exhibited |
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7.
Christian Community II: Leadership & Discipleship |
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Leadership: |
All passages shows that Christians all Called by God to spread the Good
News |
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Call
of the disciples |
1: 16-20 |
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Choosing
the twelve |
3: 13-19 |
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Mission
of the twelve |
6: 7-13 |
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Peter's
promise and denial |
14:26-31, 66-72 |
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The
commission |
16: 14-18 |
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Discipleship: |
Christians must sincerely follow God - this will involve sacrifices but
it will be rewarded. |
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Cost
of discipleship |
8: 34-38 |
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Rewards
of discipleship |
10: 28-31 |
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The
widow at the treasury |
12: 41-44 |
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8.
Worship in Mark’s Gospel |
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Man with an evil spirit
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1: 21-28 |
Sabbath |
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Question
about the Sabbath |
2: 23-28 |
Sabbath |
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Man
with the withered hand |
3: 1-6 |
Sabbath |
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Resurrection
day |
16: 1-2 |
Sabbath and Sunday |
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The
last supper |
14: 12-25 |
The Eucharist |
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Question
about divorce |
10: 2-9 |
Marriage and Divorce |
1. Set your self short tests on the passages. Put them on index cards and refer to them from time to time.
2. Summarise the passages in a number of bullet points.
3. Concentrate on remembering the words which are said – especially questions put to Jesus and his answers to them.
4. Revise the passages often, but briefly – one or two at each time.
5. Meet up with a friend and ask one another questions on the passages.
6. Write a list of important quotations – number them – on another sheet write the list of numbers and where the quotation occurs, and who says it (e.g. Centurion at the Crucifixion, High Priest at the Trial, Disciples at the stilling of the storm). Get someone to test you on these.
7. Watch out for extra details – if you know a story from another Gospel it may have more details than in Mark – just learn the Mark’s Gospel version.
8. Return more often to passages which you find hardest to learn.
9. Underline the key words, quotations, events in your Bible – often visualising the page in your Bible will help you to remember the words.
10. Read the Gospel out loud onto a tape (or even buy a tape of the Gospel!) and listen to it when you are doing something practical (e.g. washing your hair or tidying your room!)