Gospel Of Mark Flashcards
What is a definition of gospel?
The teaching or revelation of Christ
What is the definition of persecution?
Hostility and ill-treatment because of ones beliefs.
What is the definition of miracle?
An extraordinary event that cannot by explained by natural or scientific law, so it is associated with something divine.
What is the definition of parable?
A simple story used to tell a moral or spiritual lesson, typically told by Jesus.
What is the definition of a gentile?
Not Jewish
What is the messianic secret?
The messianic secret refers to Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. It refers to his characteristic of having people follow him in silence about him being the Messiah.
Who was John Mark?
John Mark was the original writer of the Gospel of Mark. He is an assistant of Paul and Barnabas on their many missions and a close confidant of St. Peter, from whom he gets his source of the Gospel from.
Why did John Mark write the Gospel?
For who did he write the gospel for?
How do we know this?
John Mark wrote the gospel as a manual to achieve discipleship and the highest of faith in Jesus & God.
John Mark wrote this gospel for the Gentiles.
We know this because there are many themes of persecution and holding onto faith in this gospel, which relate to the Gentiles life situation of the Romans persecution.
How many chapters are in Mark’s gospel?
There are 16 chapters within the Gospel of Mark.
What was the first thing Mark States in the gospel?
“The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.”
What was Mark’s audience experiencing at the time he wrote the gospel?
At the time Mark was writing the gospel, Christians and Jews were facing persecution by the Romans. Especially the Emperor Nero, who even executed numerous of Christians.
What were the themes found in the gospel?
There were numerous themes that can be interpreted, the main themes however are:
. Jesus is God . The Messiah has come . He has power over nature . He has power over sin . Follow in the Messiah and you'll be saved
