Study Preparation and Discussion Questions - Mark 8.22-9.1
Peter's Declaration of Jesus' Messiahship and Jesus Predicts His Death
Recommended Preparation
1) Mark For Everyone, pages 106-112
2) Jesus the King, Chapter 9, The Turn
3) Tim Keller Sermon, Do You See Anything?
4) Tim Keller Sermon, The King on a Cross
Discussion Questions
1) Mark introduces this critical passage with a short story of a blind man who needs two touches to bring his physical sight. How does that connect with the subsequent questioning and teaching in verses 27-30?
2) When Peter declares that he believes that Jesus is the Messiah, what does that imply in the Jewish tradition? What was Peter actually saying?
3) How does Jesus redefine what the Messiah would do instead here in 8.31 - 9.1 and throughout the first eight Chapters of Mark?
4) Jesus asks us the same question he asked his disciples: "Who do you say that I am?" What is your answer to who Jesus is and what he is actually doing in the world?
5) In verse 34, Jesus declared that if the disciples wanted to follow him that they would have to pick up their own cross. How can following Jesus be dangerous for us as well?
1) Mark For Everyone, pages 106-112
2) Jesus the King, Chapter 9, The Turn
3) Tim Keller Sermon, Do You See Anything?
4) Tim Keller Sermon, The King on a Cross
Discussion Questions
1) Mark introduces this critical passage with a short story of a blind man who needs two touches to bring his physical sight. How does that connect with the subsequent questioning and teaching in verses 27-30?
2) When Peter declares that he believes that Jesus is the Messiah, what does that imply in the Jewish tradition? What was Peter actually saying?
3) How does Jesus redefine what the Messiah would do instead here in 8.31 - 9.1 and throughout the first eight Chapters of Mark?
4) Jesus asks us the same question he asked his disciples: "Who do you say that I am?" What is your answer to who Jesus is and what he is actually doing in the world?
5) In verse 34, Jesus declared that if the disciples wanted to follow him that they would have to pick up their own cross. How can following Jesus be dangerous for us as well?