• Similar in content.
• Similar in wording.
• Similar in order.

“ The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the son of God.”
Mark 1:1

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• Bioi : “Lives” of people
• Praxeis : “Acts” of people
• Apomnemoneumata: “Memoirs” or Collection of individual sayings.

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Theme: Jesus is the Servant
Portrait of Jesus: Bull (Service/ Power)
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Theme: Jesus the Messiah
Potrait Of Jesus: Lion (Strength and Authority)
Date: 60-65 AD

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Theme: Jesus the Son of Man, The humanity and compassion of Jesus
Portrait of Jesus: Man, depicting his Wisdom and
Character
Date: AD 60
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Theme: Jesus the Son of God.
Portrait of Jesus: Eagle, Deity and Person
Date: AD 85-90

Mark’s Matthew Luke’s
Theme:
Jesus the
Servant
Portrait of Jesus:
Bull
(Service/
Power)
Date: AD 55-60
Jesus the
Messiah
Lion
(Strength and
Authority)
60-65 AD
Jesus the
Son of Man
Man, depicting his Wisdom and
Character
60AD
John
Jesus the
Son of God.
Eagle,
Deity and
Person
85-90AD
Synoptic Gospels: Shows that Jesus was God who was
John’s Gospel : Shows that Jesus was
who was Man

Mark’s Gospel
Author : John Mark (Acts 13:13) accompanied Paul on his 1st missionary journey but probably got most of his material from Peter
Date : 55-60 AD in Rome
• Written before the temple was destroyed in AD 70
• People with Jesus were living at that point of time.

Mark’s Gospel
Audience : Written to a gentile audience, that is Christians in Rome how do we know that a) Explains Jewish customs and situations
Mark 7: 3: Washing of hands
- 12:42: Widows 2 coins b) He explains all the Aramaic words
Mark 3:17, 5:41, 7:34, 15:22, 7:11

Mark’s Gospel
a) Short and brief b) Quick moving c) Lots of action, its not very lengthy.
d) Short units e) Written in poorest Greek

Mark’s Gospel
In AD 64 emperor Nero set fire to Rome and basically he put the blame on the Christians. So this book was written: a) b)
Prepare people for the suffering to come.
Teach discipleship

Characteristics
1.
Message of the Kingdom
2.
Miracles
Chap 1 – Evil Spirit
Chap 2 – Paralytic, Leprosy
Chap 4 – Calming the storm
Chap 6 – Feeding the 5000, walking on water

Characteristics
3.
Discipleship
- Sections on Discipleship, 9:33: Who is the greatest?
33Then He came to Capernaum. And when He was in the house He asked them, “What was it you disputed among yourselves on the road?” 34 But they kept silent, for on the road they had disputed among themselves who would be the greatest.
- Cost of Discipleship, 8:34-38, Need of a servant heart.
34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Characteristics
4.
Cross
The Climax is in the centre Mark 8:31
31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again

Keys
Key Chapter : Chapter 8
Key Verse : Mark 10:45
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

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“ As it is written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, Who will prepare Your way before You.” “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the
Lord; Make His paths straight.’”
Vs 2-3
‘Then I asked, “Who are you, Lord?” “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” the Lord replied. “Now get up and stand on your feet.
I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me. I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”
Acts 26: 15-18

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At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptised by John in the Jordan. Just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven:
‘You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.’
Vs 9-11
“Oh, that You would rend the heavens! That You would come down! That the mountains might shake at Your presence.” Is
64:1
“Then the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. 39 So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said,
“Truly this Man was the Son of God!”
15:38,39

“You are my son” is taken from
“I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, ‘You are my son; today I have become your father.”
Psalm 2:7
“Whom I love” is taken from
“Then God said, ‘Take your son, your only son, whom you love –
Isaac – and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain that I will show you.’
Gen 22:2
“With you I am well pleased”
“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations.” Isaiah 42: 1

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35 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: ‘Everyone is looking for you!’ Vs 35- 37
“Katadaiko” = to hunt someone, to track someone
Zeteo = with an evil intent and wrong motives

18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
Ephesians : 6: 18-20