Mark By Joyce Webb 2023 Chapter 8 Vs. 34-38 Jesus had just asked Peter who he thought Jesus was. Peter answered that he thought Jesus was “The Christ”. Meaning–the Promised Messiah that the Old Testament promised would come. Jesus explained that the Jewish leaders would not accept him, and that he would suffer and
Mark By Joyce Webb 2022 Chapter 8 Vs. 22-33 Verse 22 Jesus and his disciples came into the town of Bethsaida. There was a blind man there. Jesus took the blind man and led him our of town. It seems that Jesus took the man out of town—so the healing would be private—without any
Mark By Joyce Webb 2022 Chapter 8 Vs. 14-21 Verse 14 The disciples were in boat with Jesus. They had forgotten to take bread with then. They had only one loaf. Verse 15 Jesus began to warn them. Be careful of the leaven bread of the Pharisees (Jewish church leaders). And be careful of Herod
Mark By Joyce Webb 2022 Chapter 8 Vs. 1-13 Verse 1-9 Where Jesus was—-people gathered around. Many people, large crowds of people. They wanted to be healed, they wanted to see other people being healed. They wanted to hear Jesus teach. This is one of those times when there is a very large
Mark By Joyce Webb 2022 Chapter 7 Vs. 24- 37 Verse 24 Jesus went to the edge of the towns Tyre and Sidon. He did not want anyone to know where he was. He wanted to be alone. But somehow the people found out where he had gone, and they gathered around the
Mark By Joyce Webb 2022 Chapter 7 Vs. 14-23 After the Jewish leaders question Jesus as to why his disciples do not do the hand washing ritual—– Verse 14 Jesus calls the people to come hear him, and understand. Verse 15 Jesus said, There is nothing from outside of man that when it goes
Mark By Joyce Webb 2022 Chapter 7 Vs. 1-14 Verse 1 Some of the Jewish leaders came to Jesus. (Pharisees, scribes, from Jerusalem.) Verse 2 They saw some of the disciples eat bread without washing their hands. ——————————————————————————— The washing of hands for the Jewish people was not like we wash our hands to wash
Mark By Joyce Webb 2022 Chapter 6 Vs. 35-56 Verse 35-36 Jesus had been teaching the crowd of people. Now it was late afternoon. The disciples came to Jesus telling him that they should send the people away. It was almost time for a supper meal and the people had no food with them. The
Mark By Joyce Webb 2022 Chapter 6 Vs. 14-34 Verse 14 King Herod (ruler over the Jews at that time) heard about the things Jesus was doing. At first, Herod thought John the Baptist had come back to life. (Herod had killed John the Baptist some time before this.) Verse 15 Other people said that
Mark By Joyce Webb 2022 Chapter 6 Verses 7-13 Verse 7 Jesus sent the disciples out to preach—-two men together. Jesus gave them power over evil spirits. Verse 8 He told them that they were not to take extra clothing, or extra food. They could take a staff (walking stick). They were not to take