Chapter 9
Chapter 9
9:1 What was Jesus telling them? Imagine that Jesus is speaking this to you now. What might this mean for you?
9:2-13 You might use your own words to express this. And then you might want to act it as a play.
9:2 When was this? Who was there? What was happening?
9:3 What happened?
9:4 Who appeared? When has the writer mentioned these names before in Mark's good news? (See Mark 6:14-15; 7:10; 8:27, 28.) What were Elijah and Moses doing?
9:5 What happened?
9:6 What do you learn?
9:7 What do you learn? Whose voice did they hear, do you think?
9:8 What happened? Who was there?
9:9 What was happening? What was Jesus ordering? (Look also at the section that has this title. 'When Jesus did not let people tell about him and when people should tell'. It is at the end of these questions.) What might be the reason why Jesus used this name for himself here? (Look also at Mark 8:38.)
9:10 What was going on? What were those
9:11 What was the question? Why was probably the reason why they were thinking about Elijah? (Look also at Mark 9:4, 5.)
9:12 Use your own words to express this. What do you think about that?
9:13 What do you learn? What do you now know about Elijah from Mark's good news? (Look also at Mark 6:14-15; 8:27, 28; 9:1, 4-6.)
9:14-29 You might use your own words to express this. And then you might want to act it as a play.
9:14 What happened? Who was there?
9:15 What was happening?
9:16 What do you learn?
9:17 What was happening?
9:18 What was happening here? Why was the man complaining about the
9:19 What was Jesus saying? Would Jesus ask you these questions? What did Jesus tell people to do?
9:20 Who did they bring the boy to? What happened?
9:21 Use your own words to express this.
9:22 What was happening? What did the boy's father ask for?
9:23 What was Jesus saying? What do you think that it means for you?
9:24 What did the boy's father reply? What do you learn from that?
9:25 What happened? What did Jesus do? What did Jesus say to the evil
9:26 Use your own words to express this. What might you have thought if you had seen that happen?
9:27 What happened? Where else in Mark's good news did Jesus take hold of someone's hand? (Look at the section that has this title. 'When Jesus touched people and when people touched Jesus'. It is at the end of these questions.)
9:28 What was happening? What were the
9:29 What was the answer? What did Jesus say about when prayer is necessary?
9:30-32 You might use your own words to express this. And then you might want to act it as a play.
9:30 What was happening? Who do you think was there?
9:31 What was happening? What name did Jesus use for himself? What might be the reason for that?
9:32 What do you learn? What might have been the reason for that?
9:33-37 You might use your own words to express this. And then you might want to act it as a play.
9:33 What was happening?
9:34 Use your own words to express this. What do you think about that?
9:35 What happened? What had the
9:36 What was happening? What does it mean? Compare its meaning with the meaning of Mark 9:35.
9:37 What do you learn? What was Jesus saying about who is the most important? (Look also at Mark 9:34, 35.)
9:38-41 You might use your own words to express this. And then you might want to act it as a play.
9:38 Who is this verse about? What was John telling Jesus?
9:39 What do you learn? Perhaps people that are not in your group do things by Jesus' authority. What examples of such people do you know about?
9:40 Use your own words to express this. Who does this make you want to have a different attitude about?
9:41 What do you learn from this verse? Some Christians are not exactly like you. How do you think about those people? Do you need to change the way that you think about them?
9:42-50 You might use your own words to express this. And then you might want to act it as a play.
9:42 What do you learn? Who does Jesus care about particularly?
9:43, 44 Use your own words to express this. What was Jesus teaching by means of this picture language (special description) here?
9:45, 46 What is Jesus saying here? What do you think that you might do differently because of this picture language (special description)? How might you think differently?
9:47 Use your own words to express this. What do you think that Jesus is teaching by means of this picture language (special description)?
9:48 What do you learn about
9:49, 50 Use your own words to express this. What do you think that this might mean?