Study 2024-2025: The Gospel of Mark

Gospel of Mark 

Overview
- Author:  John Mark
- What: Another account of Jesus Christ written by John Mark under the verification of the apostle Peter.
-When: 53-55 AD
-Where: Rome
-Why: Mark’s Gospel focuses on Jewish custom and the understanding of those customs, to allow for better understanding of Jesus’s role to the Jews but also the Gentiles.
 
Jesus Deity Claims/ Jesus OT ← → NT:
2:5-7 = calls the man, “son”, and Jesus only does and says what the Father does, in addition to forgiving the man’s sin, which is something only God can do
2:10 = Son of Man has authority to forgive sins
2:27-28 = Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath
4:26 = Jesus speaks from knowing how the Kingdom of Heaven is
4:30 = Jesus speaks from knowing how the Kingdom of Heaven is
5:19-20 = Jesus commands the man to go and tell about what the Lord has done for him… as in telling the man to tell others what Jesus Himself has done for him
5:34 =refers to the woman as daughter.. Again Jesus says and does just as the Father does
7:6-7 = Jesus telling the Pharisees what they are doing towards Him
8:27-30 = Peter confirms Jesus’ identity, and tells them not to say anything yet. Points to Jeremiah 23:5-6
8:38 = Son of Man
9:12 = Son of Man
9:31 = Son of Man
10:15 = Jesus speaks from knowing how the Kingdom of Heaven is
10:25 = Jesus speaks from knowing how the Kingdom of Heaven is
10:33-35 = Son of Man
10:45 = Son of Man
12:24 = Jesus speaks from knowing how the Kingdom of Heaven is
12:35-37 = Jesus referring to Himself here… Psalm 110:1, “The LORD said to my Lord” is basically “The Father said to Jesus”
13:26-27 = Son of Man
13:31 = only God’s words will never pass away
14:20-21 = Son of Man
14:41 = Son of Man
14:62 = Daniel 7:13 and Psalm 104:3, the Son of Man is a title for the divine being shown in Daniel 7:13 and Psalm 104:3 states only God makes the clouds his chariot and the wings of wind


The Trinity Shown:
1:10-11 = the Father declares Jesus is His Son
3:29 = Jesus speaking about Holy Spirit
3:35 = why wouldn’t Jesus include the title father unless He was saying His only father is the Father?
4:20 = “we”... Genesis 1:26 God says let “us” make man in our image
5:7 = the demons acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God
5:34 = Jesus refers to the woman as daughter.. Again Jesus says and does just as the Father does
9:7 = the Father declares that Jesus is His Son
12:6 = Jesus using a parable to demonstrate the relationship He has with the Father
12:29 = Deuteronomy 6:4, the word “one” is the same Hebrew word used to describe when a man and woman, husband and wife become 1… they are 1 but composed of two people
13:11 = Jesus speaking of Holy Spirit
14:36 = Jesus refers to God as Father
16:19 = Jesus sits at the right hand of God

Key Events:
1:21-28, 6:7, 7:20-23, 11:24, 12:17, 12:33, 12:41, 13:37, 14:25, 16:16-18

Major (not all) Prophecies Fulfilled of the Messiah(Jesus):
1:2-3 = Malachi 3:1, Isaiah 40:3
6:1-4 = Psalm 69:7-9
8:27-30 = Jeremiah 23:5-6
10:33-35 = Job 19:23-27
11:9-10 = Psalm 118:25-26
11:17 = Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11
12:10-11 = Psalm 118:22-23
12:35-37 =Psalm 110:1
14:18 = Psalm 41:9
14:44 = Psalm 55:12-14
14:61  = Psalm 38:12-14
15:24 =Psalm 22:18
15:29-32 = Psalm 109:25
15:34 = Psalm 22:1
15:36 = Psalm 69:21

Culture/Time:
1:22, 7:1-5, 10:2, 10:14, 12:13-17, 14:3-5
16:1-13 = and in Matthew, Luke and John, the reason why the testimony of the women and the amount of women is important. OT law says that a testimony is valid from 2-3 witnesses. We have that in all the Gospels. What makes the testimony of women interesting, though, is the position women have in the middle east and at the time. The men were rebuked by Jesus for their disbelief when the women told the men Jesus was risen. If the Gospels were corrupted, why would the authors(men) embarrass themselves by telling the audience they did not believe Jesus rose from the dead? Additionally, if the Gospels were corrupted, why would the authors also embarrass(men) themselves and say that women were the ones to inspect the tomb as opposed to the men? This is one of the many reasons why the Gospels are true… people don’t willingly embarrass themselves, nor do they die for lies. The apostles and disciples died gruesome deaths,something they wouldn't be willing to endure unless they saw the risen Christ.

Relevant History + Science:



Notes
2:14 Levi = Matthew14:62 = Daniel 9:27 and Psalm 104:3, the Son of Man is a title for the divine being shown in Daniel 9:27 and Psalm 104:3 states only God makes the clouds his chariot and the wings of wind