Bob Utley You Can Understand the Bible - Mark 8

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Bob Utley You Can Understand the Bible - Mark 8


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Mark 8

PARAGRAPH DIVISIONS OF MODERN TRANSLATIONS

UBS4 NKJV NRSV TEV NJB
The Feeding of the Four Thousand Feeding the Four Thousand Four Thousand Fed Jesus Feeds Four Thousand People Second Miracle of the Loaves Mar_8:1-10 Mar_8:1-10 Mar_8:1-10 Mar_8:1-3 Mar_8:1-10 Mar_8:4 Mar_8:5 Mar_8:6-10 Demand for a Sign The Pharisees Seek a Sign Sayings on Signs The Pharisees Ask for a Miracle The Pharisees Ask for a Sign from Heaven Mar_8:11-13 Mar_8:11-12 Mar_8:11-13 Mar_8:11-12 Mar_8:11-13 Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod Mar_8:13-21 Mar_8:13 The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod Yeast of the Pharisees The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod The Yeast of the Pharisees and of Herod Mar_8:14-21 Mar_8:14-21 Mar_8:14-15 Mar_8:14-21 Mar_8:16 Mar_8:17-19 Mar_8:20 Mar_8:21 The Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida A Blind Paralytic Healed at Bethsaida A Blind Man Healed Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida Cure of a Blind Man at Bethsaida Mar_8:22-26 Mar_8:22-26 Mar_8:22-26 Mar_8:22-23 Mar_8:22-26 Mar_8:24 Mar_8:25-26 Peter's Declaration about Jesus Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ Peter's Confession Peter's Declaration about Jesus Peter's Confession of Faith Mar_8:27-30 Mar_8:27-30 Mar_8:27-30 Mar_8:27 Mar_8:27-30 Mar_8:28 Mar_8:29 a Mar_8:29 b Mar_8:30 Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection Jesus Speaks about His Suffering and Death First Prophecy of the Passion Mar_8:31 to Mar_9:1 Mar_8:31-33 Mar_8:31-33 Mar_8:31-33 Mar_8:31-33 Take Up the Cross and Follow Him On Discipleship The Condition of Following Jesus Mar_8:34 to Mar_9:1 Mar_8:34 to Mar_9:1 Mar_8:34 to Mar_9:1 Mar_8:34 to Mar_9:1 READING CYCLE THREE (from "hyperlink")

FOLLOWING THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S INTENT AT THE PARAGRAPH LEVEL

This is a study guide commentary, which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. Each of us must walk in the light we have. You, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit are priority in interpretation. You must not relinquish this to a commentator.

Read the chapter in one sitting. Identify the subjects. Compare your subject divisions with the five modern translations. Paragraphing is not inspired, but it is the key to following the original author's intent, which is the heart of interpretation. Every paragraph has one and only one main subject.

1. First paragraph

2. Second paragraph

3. Third paragraph

4. Etc.



SYNOPTIC GOSPEL PARALLELS

A. One wonders whether Jesus fed crowds often or, for some reason unknown to modern Western interpreters, this event is repeated (i.e., Mar_6:34-44 and Mar_8:1-10).



B. Mar_8:10-12 is paralleled in Mat_15:39 to Mat_16:4.



C. Mar_8:13-26 is paralleled in Mat_16:5-12.



D. Mar_8:27-30 is paralleled in Mat_16:13-20 and Luk_9:18-21.



E. Mar_8:31-37 is paralleled in Mat_16:21-26 and Luk_9:22-25.



F. Mar_8:38 to Mar_9:1 is paralleled in Mat_16:27-28 and Luk_9:26-27.



DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

This is a study guide commentary, which means that you are responsible for your own interpretation of the Bible. Each of us must walk in the light we have. You, the Bible, and the Holy Spirit are priority in interpretation. You must not relinquish this to a commentator.

These discussion questions are provided to help you think through the major issues of this section of the book. They are meant to be thought-provoking, not definitive.

1. Did Jesus feed two large crowds or is there one feeding from two perspectives?

2. What kind of "sign" did the Pharisees want?

3. Why did Jesus chide the disciples?

4. Why did Jesus only partially cure the blind man the first time?

5. Why is Matthew's account so much fuller than Mark's account of Peter's confession?

6. What exactly did Peter's confession imply about Jesus?

7. Why were the disciples so shocked at Jesus' teaching about His death at Jerusalem?

8. Explain in your own words what Mar_8:34-38 mean.