NT Gospel of Mark Trouble Spots Spring '25

Mark was likely the last Gospel, estimated to have been written before AD 90 when Nero was persecuting Gentile Christians. 

• True

• False

Mark’s portrait of Jesus gives the clearest portrayal of the many emotions of Jesus, including compassion and love, but not anger.

• True

• False

In the Gospel of Mark,  who were Jesus’ most loyal disciples that remained with him until the end?

• women

• children

• lepers

• sinners

Correctly order the five-part pattern of Jesus' miracles in Mark. 

• A display of faith by those involved.

• The result, aka, the cure.

• A response in which Jesus performs the miracle.

• A reaction to the miracle by those involved.

• An introduction which presents the setting and situation.

How many chapters does the Gospel of Mark have? 

• 10

• 17

• 28

• 16

In order to emphasize that the Kingdom of God includes everyone and excludes no one, Jesus often dined with 

• Pharisees

• servants

• outcasts

• disciples

• None of these are correct.

Jesus’ miracles in the Gospel of Mark are intimately related to his proclamation of the

• Kingdom of God.

• forgiveness of sins. 

In the Gospel of Mark we see how God _____ our pain and carries us through it. 

• supports

• wills

• shares

To highlight the importance of the title, "Son of Man", Mark includes it ____ times in his Gospel. 

• 10

• 13

• 40

• 7

In his teachings Jesus had to deal with many controversies.  Therefore, please match up the conflict with Jesus' actions. Note - each answer will only be used once. 

• Table fellowship

• An outrageous statement equal to blasphemy

• Jesus cured people on the Sabbath

• The Pharisees taught that it was unlawful to heal a chronic disease on the Sabbath

• Jesus claims that he can forgive sins

• Conventional thinking was that if you associated with sinners then you, too, must be a sinner