Bible Blitz II

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Bible Blitz II

• Msgr Ed Thompson
• And
• Deacon Norm Kazyk
• With Technical Assistance
• Ray Hosler

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The Gospel of Mark

• May 8 Chapters 1-4
• May 15 Chapters 5-8
• May 22 Chapters 9-12
• May 29 Chapters 13-16

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Chapter 5

• 2-12 The Healing of the Gerasene Demoniac
• The territory of the Gerasenes
• Man from the tombs
• Naked, chains, gashings
• Dont torment me Son of the Most High God

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Chapter 5 contd

• Name legion many
• Send us into the swine!
• 2000 drowned
• Report fear leave us
• stay here proclaim
• Good news in Decapolis

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Chapter 5 contd

• 21- 43 Jairuss Daughter
• And
• The Woman with a Hemorrage
• Jairus synagogue official
• Save my daughter lay on hands
• On my way!

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Chapter 5 contd

• Bloody Mary 12 years -
• Touched cloak of Jesus Cure!
• She felt it!
• Who touched my clothes?
• Woman owned up
• Faith Go!

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Chapter 5 contd

• Back to Jairus
• Daughter dead!
• Dont fear have faith
• Jesus, Peter, James, John
• not dead, but asleep
• Ha! Ha! Ha!
• Out!

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Chapter 5 contd

• Talitha Koum!
• Immediately
• Dont tell Messianic Secret
• Feed the girl.

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Chapter 6

• 1 6 The Rejection at Nazareth
• Sabbath Synagogue Teaching
• Amazed! Who is he?
• Carpenter Son of Mary
• Brother of James, Joses, Judas, Simon and sisters

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Chapter 6 contd

• Offense
• No prophet accepted at home
• No mighty deeds little ones
• Amazed at lack of faith

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Chapter 6 contd

• 7 13 The Mission of the Twelve
• Summoned the 12 2 by 2
• Power over the devil
• Marching orders
• Healings - oil

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Chapter 6 contd

• 14 16 Herods Opinion of Jesus
• J. B. raised from the dead
• Elijah a prophet
• It is John raised up

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Chapter 6 contd

• 17-29 The Death of John the Baptist
• Prisoner John
• Herodias unlawful wife revenge
• J. B. good preacher
• Birthday Banquet Crowd
• The dance the dish the head
• The burial

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Chapter 6 contd

• 30 -33 The Return of the Twelve
• Report Retreat
• The followers

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Chapter 6 contd

• 34-44 Feeding of the 5000
• Pity teaching
• Late hungry
• You give 5 2
• Sit down They sat
• looking up to heaven
• Blessed, broke, gave
• All ate 12 baskets 5000 men!

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Chapter 6 contd

• 45-52 Walking on the Water
• Apostles in the boat
• Jesus up the mountain to pray
• Trouble on the water up Jesus!
• Jesus walking a ghost
• Take courage, It is I, dont be afraid
• Jesus, in the boat - calm

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Chapter 6 contd

• 53-56 Healings at Gennesaret
• The crowd the sick
• only his tassel
• Touched the tassel - healed

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Chapters 7 - 8

• Conflicts grow and Jesus shows his pragmatic side.

Vocabulary Korban dedicated to God
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Chapter 7

• 1-16 The question of and the place of tradition
  in the lives of followers of the Lord.
• 1-4 Mark explains the basis of the law and
  tradition because he is writing primarily for
  Gentiles.
• 9-13 Jesus encounters the argument by showing how
  the law can be misused.

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Chapter 7 contd

• 14-23 The Fundamental Option. (Rev. Louis
  Monden, S.J.)
• 24-30 a Canaanite Woman and her daughter. The
  meaning of the harsh reply from Jesus.

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Chapter 7 contd

• The power of Faith
• Pre-figures the later Church, i.e. Catholic for
  all people
• Dogs a term used by Jews to show their
  abhorrence of paganism
• Jesus cures go beyond the Jews to Gentiles also.
  This prefigures the later Church which will be
  Catholic for all people.

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Chapter 7 contd

• 31-37 Healing a deaf-mute.
• Ephphatha be opened
• Jesus cures with his spittle. (A giving of life
  by sharing ones life)
• The Messianic secret.
• Crowd is amazed.

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Chapter 8

• 1 9 Feeding of the four thousand. Duplicates
  634-44.
• 11-13 Pharisees want a sign argue that what
  Jesus does is not satisfactory as proof of the
  arrival of Gods Kingdom.

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Chapter 8 contd

• Jesus answer a sign demanded by human distrust
  will not be provided. Faith is needed to see the
  significance of his actions.
• 14-21 The blindness of his disciples who fail to
  see the deeper meaning of his actions.

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Chapter 8 contd

• 22-26
• The cure of the blind man. This healing seems to
  resist Jesus a symbol of his disciples who
  cannot see yet. Their tradition has failed to
  provide them with an adequate understanding of
  the coming Messiah. (see Acts 16-11)

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Chapter 8 contd

• 21-33 More of the same involving Peter.
• 14-38 The doctrine of the Cross. The meaning of
  discipleship Follow Me.