Death + Resurrection (16.3) Flashcards
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Last Supper - Significance for Mark
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- Last meal before Jesus died
- Important Jewish festival
- Predicted betrayal - no-one knew it was Judas
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Last Supper - Significance for Us
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- Founded eucharist - told to remember him
- Predicted betrayal - proves divinity + still went through with it
- New Covenant
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Resurrection - Evidence
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- 3 Eye-witnesses
- Mary Magdeleine’s account more credible as she was at the crucifixion
- Specific detail (timing)
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Resurrection - Significance (for Mark)
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- Early versions of his Gospel end here - final evidence of divinity
- Fulfils Jesus’ promises beforehand
- Angel mentions Peter - highlights special relationship
- Angel said Jesus was waiting in Galilee - not the same body
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Resurrection - Problems
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- Defies human experience
- Faith dissolves if we don’t believe it
- Evidence is circumstantial
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Trial before Sanhedrin - Events
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- Gathered false witnesses
- Asked trick questions which would prove guilt
- Broke many court rules
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Trial before Sanhedrin - Significance
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Christians now believe:
- Everyone should be judged equally and fairly
- Against death penalty
- Outspoken against abuse + torture of prisoners
- Support fair judicial systems
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Trial before Pilate - Events
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- Pilate asked “are you king of the Jews?” Jesus: “yes”
- Answered no further questions
- Pilate asked crowd who to release
- Didn’t want to crucify Jesus but gave in to crowd
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Trial before Pilate - Reasoning
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- Stopped a riot
- Pleasing crowd + placating Barabbas’ supporters
- Fulfils passion - Jesus had to die
- Jesus was a criminal - had disrupted trade in Cleansing of Temple; had called self “King of Jews” (challenge to Roman authority)
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Betrayal - reasoning
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- If he hadn’t, Jesus couldn’t have fulfilled his purpose of dying for our sins and being resurrected to give eternal life
- Wanted to force Jesus into action and overthrow Romans
- Didn’t realise authorities wanted to kill Jesus
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Betrayal - wrongness
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- Judas was a friend of Jesus
- Led to Jesus’ death
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Crucifixion - significance for Mark
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- Confirms Old Testament Messiah prophecies- significant throughout Mark
- One of the robbers defends him - encouraged early Christians that they weren’t following a criminal
- Sky going dark and water flowing out of pierced side show divinity - important to persecuted Early Christians
- Roman soldier recognised Jesus as Son of God - hope that Romans would one day understand their faith
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Crucifixion - significance today
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- Part of God’s plan
- Forgiveness of sins
- Reconciliation of God and man
- Made resurrection possible
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Gethsemane - failure
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- Duty to protect Jesus, didn’t
- Unable to stand for their faith, how can we?
- Said would never betray Jesus, let him be arrested
- Asked to keep watch, failed
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Gethsemane - reasoning
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- Fulfilled prophecy
- Jesus didn’t want their protection - “his hour had come”
- Jesus told them not to fight - had to obey
- If all arrested/killed for protecting Jesus, no-one left behind to spread Word
