Mark Assignment # 1

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a. Why is Mark considered a book for “readers with short attention spans”?
It's the shortest of the four gospels and because it's light on talk, heavy on action.
b. What does Mark open up with (rather than a family tree or the birth of Jesus)?
He talks about John the baptist baptizing people.
c. What does Mark 1:7-8 say?
"Someone is coming soon who is greater that I am- so much greater that I'm not even worthy to stoop down like a slave and untie the straps of his sandals."
d. “Then Jesus took off to work”…doing what?
Rounding up disciples, healing hundreds, feeding thousands, freeing the tongues of the speechless, tying the tongues of snooty scholars, calming storms, walking on water, dying, and coming back to life.
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a. Why do people recognize Jesus as a rabbi?
Because He sounds like one and because of His actions.
b. What happened at the Sea of Galilee?
Jesus makes Andrew and Peter an offer to be disciples and they did.
c. What did Jesus offer to make these fishermen?
Fishers of men.
d. What did Andrew hear John the Baptist call Jesus?
" the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."
e. What did tax collectors do in Jesus’ time?
They collect taxes and then they pay Rome its share and then keep the rest as a salary.
f. Tell me about the “company” Jesus “keeps”.
With "scum", tax collectors, etc.
g. List out Jesus’ “team” – according to Mark 3.
Peter, James, John,Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphawus, Thaddaeus, Simon the zealot, and Judas Iscariot.
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a. How big is a mustard seed?
Not much bigger than the dot at the end of the sentence.
b. What is the Mishnah?
A collection of ancient Jewish commentary.
c. What are the smallest seeds on record so far?
Orchid seeds.
d. How does God’s kingdom “start small” and “grow large”?
it starts small with only Him and a dozen disciples and grows large into a Christian movement spanning the world.