things for lesson 3 Flashcards
shortest gospel
what is it about
Mark
about Jesus being the Messiah
messiah
jewish for the “anointed one”
how is Jesus perceived in the Mark Gospel
as Authoritative
becomes hated by jewish leaders
Mark perceives him as the suffering son of God
jewish leaders
Jewish scribes
Pharisees
The Herodians
Sadducees
Chief priests
Jewish scribes
the literate elite
those who could read and study the sacred traditions of Israel and, presumably, teach them to others
Pharisees
Jews who were strongly committed to maintaining the purity laws set forth in the Torah
who developed their own set of more carefully nuanced laws to help them do so
The Herodians
a group of Jews that Mark mentions but does not identify
Sadducees
Jews of the upper classes who were closely connected with and strong advocates for the Temple cult in Jerusalem
Chief priests
upper classes of the Jewish priesthood who operated the Temple and oversaw its sacrifices
closely connected with the Sadducees
the real power players in Jesus’ day
the ones with the ear of the Roman governor in Jerusalem
the ones responsible for regulating the lives of the Jewish people in Judea
who realizes that Jesus is the Son of God in Mark’s Gospel?
God knows that Jesus is his Son
Jesus
the evil demons recognize Jesus as the Son of God
the author of the Gospel,
you the reader
messianic secret in Mark’s Gospel
Jesus does not one anyone to know that he is the son of God
Jesus does not want people to have the wrong idea about him
how are most of jesus’ followers lowkey blind?
they don’t understand what he is yet
they dont understand that he needs to suffer and die because he is the messiah
some seem to only want power out of it
“James and John, two of his closest followers, request positions of prominence when Jesus enters into his glorious kingdom”
In the New Testament Gospels, Jesus uses the term “son of man” in which three different ways?
On some occasions he uses it simply as a circumlocution for himself; that is, rather than referring directly to himself, Jesus sometimes speaks obliquely of “the son of man”
he sometimes uses it to speak of his impending suffering
he occasionally uses the term with reference to a cosmic figure who is coming to bring the judgment of God at the end of time
who betrays Jesus to jewish authorities?
Judas Iscariot
who denies jesus three times?
peter