Gospel of Mark
Mark Study 12
Read Mark 5: 21-43
1. What request did the Synagogue Ruler make of Jesus?
2. How is his approach to Jesus for the healing of his daughter different that of the sick woman?
3. Why might the woman have been reluctant to approach Jesus directly? (Read Leviticus 15:25-27)
4. Why does Jesus insist on speaking with the woman he has healed?
5. In what did she put her faith? How will her life be different now?
6. In what does Jesus encourage the Synagogue Ruler to have faith?
7. Why does Jesus choose these witnesses (verses 37 and 40)? Why did Jesus order them to stay quiet?
8. What is the link between faith and healing?
Mark Study 13
Read Mark 6: 1-6
1. What amazes the people of Jesus' home town about his teaching?
2. Why are they offended by his teaching?
3. What stops Jesus performing many healings and miracles at home?
4. What difficulties can a new Christian face from family and close friends?
Read Mark 6: 7-13
5. What authority did Jesus give his disciples? What was their message?
6. Why are they to travel in pairs and without provisions?
7. What does it mean today to be a disciple of Jesus?
Mark Study 14
Read Mark 6: 14-29
1. Why did Herod put John the Baptist in prison?
2. What was Herod's relationship with John? (v20)
3. What unwise choices led Herod to kill John, despite wanting to protect him?
4. What wrong priorities do Herod and his family show?
5. What was the popular opinion of Jesus? (v14-16)
6. How does this aside about John's demise help us to understand the dangers that Jesus faced in his growing popularity?
7. Who do people think Jesus is today?
Mark Study 15
Read Mark 6: 30-44
1. What was Jesus' intent in going to a solitary place with his disciples? How was it thwarted?
2. How did Jesus respond to the crowd when they landed on the shore?
3. What sensible suggestion do the disciples make? What is Jesus' surprising command in verse 37?
4. What miracle did Jesus perform?
5. Read Psalm 23:1 What kind of shepherd is Jesus?
Read Mark 6: 45-56
6. Where does Jesus tell his disciples to go? Read John 6:13-15. Why does Jesus leave?
7. Why are the disciples afraid when they see Jesus walking on water?
8. What do these miracles demonstrate about Jesus' relationship with the natural world?