Bishop’s Diocesan Reader

Conference 2014

Read, Mark, Learn

Session 1

An introduction to

the Gospel of Mark

An Overview of Mark’s Gospel

Session 1

Read, Mark, Learn

Entering Lectionary Year ‘B’

The Year of Mark

The Gospel of Mark

Who wrote it? When? Why?

Read, Mark, Learn

The Gospel of Mark

Who wrote it? When? Why?

1 Peter 5.13; Acts 12.12?

Mark 14.51?

Jesus: the Suffering Servant, Action Hero:

Son of God, yet Son of Man

Jesus:

Action Hero

euthus

40 references in 16 chapters

Including, in chapter 1 alone… verses 10, 12, 18, 20, 21, 23, 28, 29, 30, 42, 43

(Immediately!)

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Healings

1.29-31: Simon’s mother in law;

1.40-42: a man with leprosy

2.1-12: a paralysed man;

3.1-6: a man with a shrivelled hand

5.21-34: a dead girl

5.35-42: and a sick woman

7.31-37: a deaf and dumb man

8.22-26: a blind man

10.46-52: blind Bartimaeus

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Exorcisms 1.21-28: a man in Capernaum

5.1-20: a man among the tombs

7.24-30: a Syro-Phoenecian woman’s daughter

9.14-32: a boy

4.35-41: the calming of the storm

6.30-44: the feeding of the five thousand

6.45-56: the walking on water

8.1-13: the feeding of the four thousand

11.12-14, 20-21: the withering of the fig-tree

Other Miracles

Miracle Summaries

1.32-34: summary report of healings and exorcisms

3.10-11: summary statement of healings in Nazareth

6.5: summary report of healings and exorcisms

Jesus:

the Son of God

1.1: The beginning of the gospel about Jesus

Christ, the Son of God…

1.11: ‘You are my Son, whom I love’

9.7: ‘This is my Son, whom I love’

15.39: ‘Surely this man was the Son of God’

Jesus:

the Son of God

1.10, 1.12, 1.18, 1.20, 1.21, 1.23, 1.28, 1.29, 1.30, 1.42, 1.43

2.8, 2.12

3.6

4.5, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.29

5.2, 5.29, 5.30, 5.42

6.25, 6.27, 6.45, 6.50, 6.54

7.25

8.10 30 references in chapters 1-8

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9.15, 9.20, 9.24

10.52

11.2, 11.3

14.43, 14.45, 14.72

15.1 10 references in chapters 9-16

‘Immediately’ (euthus):

1.29-31: Simon’s mother in law

1.40-42: a man with leprosy

2.1-12: a paralysed man

3.1-6: a man with a shrivelled hand

5.21-43: a dead girl and a sick woman

7.24-30: a Syro-Phoenecian woman’s daughter

7.31-37: a deaf and dumb man:

8.22-26: a blind man

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10.46-52: blind Bartimaeus

Healings

1.21-28: a man in Capernaum

5.1-20: a man among the tombs

7.24-30: a Syro-Phoenecian woman’s daughter --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

9.14-32: a boy

Exorcisms

4.35-41: the calming of the storm

6.30-44: the feeding of the five thousand

6.45-56: the walking on water

8.1-13: the feeding of the five thousand --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

11.12-14, 20-21: the withering of the fig-tree

Other Miracles

1.25: evil spirit

1.34: demons

3.12: evil spirits

5.43: the girl raised from the dead

7.36: the deaf man healed

8.26: the blind man healed

8.30: Peter, after he acknowledges Jesus as

the Christ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

9.9: the disciples after the ‘Transfiguration’

‘The Messianic Secret’

Jesus:

Son of Man

2.10: the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins – on lips of Jesus

2.28: the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath – on lips of Jesus

8.31: the Son of Man must suffer many things – Mark’s report

8.38: the Son of Man will be ashamed of him – on lips of Jesus

9.9: until the Son of Man had risen from the dead – Mark’s report

9.12: the Son of Man must suffer much – on lips of Jesus

9.31: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed – on lips of Jesus

10.33: the Son of Man will be betrayed – on lips of Jesus

10.45:the Son of Man came… to give his life – on lips of Jesus

13.26: you will see the Son of Man… in glory – on lips of Jesus

14.21: the Son of Man will go as it is written – on lips of Jesus

14.41: Woe to him who betrays the Son of Man – on lips of Jesus

14.62: you will see the Son of Man… at the right hand of the Mighty One

– on lips of Jesus

The Son of Man

2.10: the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins

2.28: the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath

8.31: the Son of Man must suffer many things

8.38: the Son of Man will be ashamed of him

9.9: until the Son of Man had risen from the dead

9.12: the Son of Man must suffer much

9.31: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed

10.33: the Son of Man will be betrayed

10.45: the Son of Man came… to give his life

13.26: you will see the Son of Man… in glory

14.21: the Son of Man will go as it is written

14.41: Woe to him who betrays the Son of Man

14.62: you will see the Son of Man… at the right hand of

the Mighty One

The Son of Man

2.10: the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins

2.28: the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath

8.31: the Son of Man must suffer many things

8.38: the Son of Man will be ashamed of him

9.9: until the Son of Man had risen from the dead

9.12: the Son of Man must suffer much

9.31: The Son of Man is going to be betrayed

10.33: the Son of Man will be betrayed

10.45:the Son of Man came… to give his life

13.26: you will see the Son of Man… in glory

14.21: the Son of Man will go as it is written

14.41: Woe to him who betrays the Son of Man

14.62: you will see the Son of Man… at the right hand of

the Mighty One

The Son of Man

For the Son of

Man did not come

to be served, but

to serve and to

give his life as a

ransom for many.

Jesus Christ,

in Mark 10.45

Chapters 1-8

(chapters 9-10;

a transition)

Chapters 11-16

The History and Geography of Mark’s Gospel

a ministry of years

a ministry of days

in Galilee

in Jerusalem

The Gospel

of Mark

-- a ‘Passion

Narrative’…

… with a long

introduction…

Jesus: the Suffering Servant, Action Hero:

Son of God, yet Son of Man

Bishop’s Diocesan Reader

Conference 2014

Read, Mark, Learn

Session 1

An introduction to

the Gospel of Mark