Mark's Gospel

• Discipleship


  The condition or situation of being a disciple, a follower, or a student of some philosophy, especially a follower of Christ
• Messiah


  A royal figure, occasionally called the Son of God, that Israel was expecting to come and set up a kingdom here on Earth
• Mark's gospel


  • Aims to answer two key questions: Who is Jesus? Is he really the Messiah? How did Jesus become the messianic King?
• Jesus healing people


  Asks them to keep quiet about his true identity
• Why Jesus asks people to remain quiet

  To prevent people from misunderstanding the purpose and what it meant for him to be Israel's Messiah
• How Jesus suggests he will become the 'Messianic King'


  Through suffering and death, by becoming a servant
• Roman guards dressing Jesus

  • In a purple robe and placing a 'crown' on his head as a way of mocking his identity as the King of the Jews
• Roman guard at Jesus' crucifixion

  • An enemy who is the first to put it all together, that Israel's messianic king is the crucified Jesus
• Mark narrates the story of Jesus' life in short detail and with an abrupt ending in order to maintain confusion and the interest of the audience while also confronting the reader with how startling the claim is
• Jesus: 'The Son of Man didn't come to be served, but to become a servant, and to give His life as a ransom for many'
• Meaning of the quote

  Jesus's true mission was to save the people through serving to help and sacrificing his life to save all of humanity