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Study of Mark: Chris Reeves
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History and Geography of the Bible Story
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General Information
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Compiled by Jack Wheeler – Clovis Ca
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Life of Jesus in Mark
This study is NOT a verse by verse study of Mark
This study is a Topical study using Mark
After the introductory lessons
Topics will be study as they first appear in Mark
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The Life of
Christ
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
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Mark – Map Locations
Palestine
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Mark – Map Locations
Palestine
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Palestine in Texas
Palestine
12,000 Sq Miles
Texas
268,000 Sq Miles
Texas
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Palestine in the United States
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Mark 1:5
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem,
and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
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Judea
Judea
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The Life of Christ
•
Wilderness of Judea
– Refers to the rugged area along
the Dead Sea
• Where the land plunges from the
peaks of the central range of
mountains to the shores of the
sea
• Filled with deep ravines and caves
– Jesus was probably led into this
region after He was baptized to
be tempted
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Mark 1:5
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem,
and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem
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Mark 1:5
And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem,
and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
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Jordan River
Jordan River
Jerusalem
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The Land Promise Fulfilled
• Joshua chapter 12 is a
summary of all the
cities Israel has
conquered
– Includes the territory on
both sides of the
Jordan
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Mark 1:9
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee,
and was baptized of John in Jordan.
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Nazareth
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The Life of Christ
• Joseph returned to Palestine
when he heard Herod died
– Afraid to stop in Judea because of
cruel Archelaus
– Took his family back to Galilee
(Nazareth) which was his original
home (Matt 2:23)
• Nathanael was skeptical that any
good thing could come out of
Nazareth (John 1:46)
• About 80 miles north of Jerusalem
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The Life of Christ
•
We don’t know much about Jesus’
Nazareth
years in
– It could be that Joseph taught Him the carpenter’s
trade because some people knew him as “the
carpenter” (Mark 6:3)
• Later the people of Nazareth refused to believe He was
the Son of God (Messiah)
– Matthew 13:53-58; Mark 6:1-6; Luke 4:16-30
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Mark 1:9
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee,
and was baptized of John in Jordan.
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Province of Galilee
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The Life of Christ
• Largest portion of Jesus’ work
took place in the province of
Galilee
– Eleven apostles from Galilee
• Judas probably from Judea
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Mark 1:9
And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee,
and was baptized of John in Jordan.
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Sea of Galilee
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Sea of Galilee
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Mark 1:21
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he
entered into the synagogue, and taught.
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Capernaum
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The Life of Christ
•
Capernaum
– Jesus made this city his
headquarters in the early phase of
His ministry
– Was on the northwest shore of the
Sea of Galilee
• 2 ½ miles southwest of where the
Jordan enters the Sea
– Checkpoint on two trade routes
• Damascus to Jerusalem and also
Damascus by the coast to Egypt
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Mark 3:8
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they
about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great
things he did, came unto him.
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Idumea - Region
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Mark 3:8
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they
about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great
things he did, came unto him.
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Tyre
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The Life of Christ
•
Tyre and Sidon
– Woman of Canaan came to Jesus
to ask Him to heal her daughter
• Called a Greek Syro-Phoenician
(Mark
7:26)
• Tyre and Sidon were the two main cities of
Phoenicia
• Later the Romans included it as part of the
province of Syria
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Mark 3:8
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they
about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great
things he did, came unto him.
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Sidon
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