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REL 313 MARK WORKSHEET (Mark 1-5) Key terms from lecture: Papias Markan Priority embarrassment chreia euangelion irony son of God Satan parable List five things we learn about who Jesus is in the first five chapters of Mark: What is the relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus? If all you knew was what Mark tells you, would you think that Jesus had a transformative moment when he was baptized? What is assumed about Satan in this story? What role has he played in the world before Jesus? What is change in that role is indicated by Jesus’ actions? It is very important to understand what it means to call someone a “sinner” in the context of the life of Jesus. We think of it as a moral description. But, to be more precise, it means someone who does not follow the rules – specifically, the Torah law on purity, diet, Sabbath observance, business practices, marital chastity, etc., and who does not seek to be forgiven for breaking the rules through the ritual system (Temple-Priest-Sacrifice).

If Jesus is making an argument from the harder thing to the easier thing in Mark 2:9, then what is he saying about forgiveness of sins? How does Jesus develop or change the basic Jewish principle that Torah law can be violated if a life is at stake? Identify two miracles that Jesus performs in Mark 1-5. Explain how Jesus’ miraculous power does not seem to depend on him, his will or intention, but on those with whom he interacts, and give an example. (Mark 6-10) Key terms from lecture: Way of the cross Transfiguration Identify three groups of people who do not approve of what Jesus is saying and doing: In chapter 7, Mark quotes a saying of Jesus about what can and cannot contaminate a person. Mark adds an interpretation of the saying: “Thus he declared all foods clean” (7:19). This would mean that Jesus is cancelling the rules of kosher in Torah law. But notice that Jesus doesn’t explicitly say that. Do you think Mark’s interpretation is correct? Is there another way to understand Jesus’ statement, different from Mark’s? When Jesus is approached for help by the Syro-Phoenician woman, what is his initial reaction to her request? What changes his mind?

When Jesus asks who people think he is, what are some of the ideas people have? Who does Peter think Jesus is? How does Jesus respond to Peter’s idea about who he is? What does the story of the healing of the blind man signal about Peter’s understanding of Jesus? In 9:1, how far in the future does Jesus say the kingdom will come? Who appears with Jesus on the mountain in the episode of the Transfiguration? What happens to them? What is this supposed to signify? In chapters 9 and 10, what four things do the disciples signal they hope to get out of following Jesus? What is Jesus’ position on divorce and remarriage? What does Jesus say the rich young man must do to gain eternal life? Is he willing to do it? At the end of chapter 10, Jesus says that a good leader must serve those he or she would lead. He applies that idea to his own case. Instead of being a triumphant Messiah, he is the “Son of Man” who must “give his life as a ransom for many.” This is the only verse in Mark that gives a reason why Jesus has to die. It is striking that Matthew and Luke, although copying from Mark, do not copy this verse, and never give a clear reason why Jesus has to die. Only John agrees with Mark that Jesus’ death is a kind of “ransom.” The big question is: ransom from what? Who or what holds or threatens the “many” that Jesus ransoms with his death? Paul has an idea what it may be, but Mark doesn’t otherwise show much

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influence from Paul’s thinking, and we can’t be sure he knows Paul’s letters. We need to keep looking in Mark for clues of what he may have thought this ransom was about. (Mark 11:1-16:8) Key terms from lecture: hypocrite Pharisee Sadducee Last Supper Agony in the Garden Passion crucifixion How do the people of Jerusalem respond when Jesus enters the city? What does Jesus do when he comes to the Temple? What is the issue that the Pharisees ask Jesus about? What is his position on this issue? What do you think it means? What is the issue that the Sadducees ask Jesus about? What is his position on this issue? What is the “Greatest Commandment” according to Jesus? According to Jesus, what’s wrong with thinking the messiah is the “son of David”? How does the example of the poor widow relate to Jesus himself, and to what he expects of those who wish to follow him?

In chapter 13, Jesus predicts future calamity for Jerusalem. He says people can escape it by fleeing Judea – that doesn’t sound like a world-wide apocalypse. When will it happen? Does Jesus know exactly when? How is it related to the coming of the Kingdom of God? What is the ritual that Jesus introduces at the “Last Supper” in chapter 14? Describe it. Describe the “Agony in the Garden,” when Jesus prays alone in chapter 14. Who could have told Mark the details of this story (be careful!)? While Jesus is openly declaring his messianic identity to the Jerusalem city leaders, what is Peter doing? When Pontius Pilate offers the people of Jerusalem a chance to release one of his prisoners, what do they do? How do the last words Jesus speaks from the cross relate to the theme of abandonment? Who discovers the empty tomb? What are they told? How do they react? What feeling – or mixture of feelings – are you, the reader, left with at the end of Mark 16:8? Notice how a later editor tried to give the Gospel of Mark a “Hollywood Ending” that more closely matches the other gospels.

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