As we journey through Mark, the evidence is mounting that Jesus is the Messiah. First, he claimed to have the authority to forgive sins. Then we saw him deal with an overwhelming external storm and an overwhelming internal storm, followed by a debilitating physical illness. With this question, he confronts the final enemy: death.
06 Who touched me? Mark 5:21-34
This question is addressed to the woman whose period didn’t end for 12 years. She was ritually unclean, isolated, sick and living a life that was going from bad to worse with no hope on the horizon. She touched Jesus in hopes of being healed physically, but Jesus stopped and offered her spiritual healing and a place in the community of believers.
Joshua-Job quotes in the New Testament
Quotations/Allusions to the Old Testament books of Joshua 1&2Samuel, 1&2Kings, 1&2Chronicles and Job in the New Testament
05 What is your name? Mark 5:1-20
This question is addressed to the legion of demons who are tormenting the man in the graveyard, and it is asked in the presence of the disciples. Why would Jesus care about the name?
Genesis Bible Study Resources
Study questions, maps, charts, key words, history, background, outlines, and links to help you study the Old Testament book of Genesis.
Minor Prophets quoted in the New Testament
Quotations/Allusions to the Old Testament Minor Prophets in the New Testament
04 Why are you so afraid? Mark 4:35-41
Perhaps the most difficult question that skeptics ask is the question of suffering. How can God be all-powerful and all-loving and allow His people to live in tragedy and anguish? The disciples ask “Don’t you care if we drown?” Jesus responds reveals the problem of suffering is ultimately a problem of faith.
03 Good or evil, life or death? Mark 2:23-3:6
Mark 2:23-3:6 contains two stories back-to-back about the sanctity of the Sabbath. In the first story, the Pharisees accuse the disciples of Jesus of breaking the Sabbath. In the second story, Jesus turns the tables on the Pharisees and accuses them of being the real Sabbath breakers.
Deuteronomy Bible Study Resources
Study questions, maps, charts, key words, history, background, outlines, and links to help you study the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy.
Deuteronomy quotes in the New Testament
Quotations/Allusions to the Old Testament book of Deuteronomy in the New Testament
02 What’s easiest to say? Mark 2:1-12
This passage contains two questions addressed to the Pharisees when the paralyzed man was lowered through his roof. Jesus challenges them, asking whether they serve a Lord who forgives and delights in forgiveness or one who withholds forgiveness? Passage 2:1And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at […]
Holy Spirit Resources
Resources to help you study the role and nature of the Holy Spirit.