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Themes in Mark 8

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Themes in Mark 8

Mark 8:1 (show verse)

In those days, when there was again a large crowd [gathered before Him] and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and told them,

Mark 8:2 (show verse)

“I feel compassion for the crowd; they have been with Me now for three days and have nothing [left] to eat.

Of Christ Compassion » Manifested for the » Poor
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » More than four-thousand people fed
Jesus Christ » History of » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Feeds more than four-thousand people

Mark 8:3 (show verse)

If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint [from exhaustion] on the road; because some of them have come a long way.”

Mark 8:4 (show verse)

His disciples replied to Him, “Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this isolated place to feed these people?”

Jesus Christ » Miracles of » More than four-thousand people fed
Jesus Christ » History of » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Power » Unrealized power » To provide for the multitude
Unrealized power » To provide for the multitude

Mark 8:5 (show verse)

He asked them, “How many loaves [of bread] do you have?” They said, “Seven.”

He directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and [repeatedly] gave them to His disciples to set before them, and they served the crowd.

the Diet of the jews » Thanks given before
Entertainments » Began with thanksgiving
Food » Articles of » Thanks given before receiving
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » More than four-thousand people fed
Jesus Christ » History of » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Before receiving food, by jesus

Mark 8:7 (show verse)

They also had a few small fish; and when Jesus had blessed them [and given thanks], He ordered these [fish] to be set before them as well.

Jesus Christ » Miracles of » More than four-thousand people fed
Jesus Christ » History of » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Thankfulness » To God, instances of » Before receiving food, by jesus

Mark 8:8 (show verse)

And the people ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over.

Christ » Miracles of » Feeding the four thousand
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » More than four-thousand people fed
Jesus Christ » History of » Feeds more than four-thousand people
Miracles » Of Christ » Feeding the four thousand
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Feeds more than four-thousand people

Mark 8:9 (show verse)

About four thousand [men] were there [besides women and children]; and He sent them away.

Mark 8:10 (show verse)

Then immediately He got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

Dalmanutha » A town on the west coast of the sea of galilee
Jesus Christ » History of » Refuses to give a sign to the pharisees (in the region of magdala)

Mark 8:11 (show verse)

The Pharisees came out and began to argue [contentiously and debate] with Him, demanding from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him [because of their unbelief].

Christ » Slandered » Snares laid for
Curiosity » The levite looked with indifferent curiosity upon the man who was » Leads to the desire for signs
Jesus Christ » History of » Refuses to give a sign to the pharisees (in the region of magdala)
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Jesus, of the jews, when the pharisees and the sadducees came to him desiring a miraculous sign
Sign » A miracle to confirm faith
Snares laid » For Christ
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders

Mark 8:12 (show verse)

He groaned and sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? I assure you and most solemnly say to you, no sign will be given to this generation!”

Christ » Love to » Man of sorrows
Jesus Christ » History of » Refuses to give a sign to the pharisees (in the region of magdala)
Man » Knowledge limited strength limited » Man of sorrows
Reproof » Faithfulness in » Jesus, of the jews, when the pharisees and the sadducees came to him desiring a miraculous sign
Sign » A miracle to confirm faith
Solicitude » For the wayward
Man of sorrows » Christ, the man of sorrows
Sufferings of Christ » The man of sorrows
Unbelief » Instances of » The jewish leaders

Mark 8:13 (show verse)

Leaving them, He again boarded the boat and left for the other side.

Jesus Christ » History of » Cautions his disciples against, the leaven (teachings) of hypocrisy (on lake galilee)

Mark 8:14 (show verse)

Now the disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

Bread » How prepared » Made into loaves
Jesus Christ » History of » Cautions his disciples against, the leaven (teachings) of hypocrisy (on lake galilee)

Mark 8:15 (show verse)

Jesus repeatedly ordered them, saying, “Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”

Antipas » Ruled » Galilee » Slayed » John the baptist
Herods of the new testament » Antipas (herod the tetrarch) facts concerning » He ruled over galilee and perea for about thirty years seeking the title of king he was banished to gaul
Jesus Christ » History of » Cautions his disciples against, the leaven (teachings) of hypocrisy (on lake galilee)
Jews, the » Modern, divided into » Many sects and parties
Leaven (yeast) » Figurative » Of the hypocrisy of the pharisees

Mark 8:16 (show verse)

They began discussing this with one another, saying, “It is because we have no bread [that He said this].”

Jesus Christ » History of » Cautions his disciples against, the leaven (teachings) of hypocrisy (on lake galilee)

Mark 8:17 (show verse)

Jesus, aware of this [discussion], said to them, “Why are you discussing [the fact] that you have no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened?

Hardness (of heart) » Examples of
Jesus Christ » History of » Cautions his disciples against, the leaven (teachings) of hypocrisy (on lake galilee)
Reproof » On account of » Hardness (of heart)

Mark 8:18 (show verse)

Though you have eyes, do you not see? And though you have ears, do you not hear and listen [to what I have said]? And do you not remember,

Fleeting impressions » Miracles soon forgotten
Jesus Christ » History of » Cautions his disciples against, the leaven (teachings) of hypocrisy (on lake galilee)

Mark 8:19 (show verse)

when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?” They answered, “Twelve.”

Fleeting impressions » Miracles soon forgotten
Jesus Christ » History of » Cautions his disciples against, the leaven (teachings) of hypocrisy (on lake galilee)

Mark 8:20 (show verse)

“And [when I broke] the seven [loaves] for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?” And they answered, “Seven.”

Jesus Christ » History of » Cautions his disciples against, the leaven (teachings) of hypocrisy (on lake galilee)

Mark 8:21 (show verse)

And He was saying to them, “Do you still not understand?”

Jesus Christ » History of » Cautions his disciples against, the leaven (teachings) of hypocrisy (on lake galilee)

Mark 8:22 (show verse)

Then they came to Bethsaida; and some people brought a blind man to Jesus and begged Him to touch him.

Bethsaida » A city » A city of galilee » Jesus cures a blind man in
Blindness » Healed
Blindness » The miraculous healing of a man of bethsaida
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a blind man (at bethsaida)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Restores a blind man
the Miracles of Christ » The blind restored to sight

Mark 8:23 (show verse)

Taking the blind man by the hand, He led him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, “Do you see anything?”

Blindness » The miraculous healing of a man of bethsaida
Christ » Miracles of » Blind man
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a blind man (at bethsaida)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Restores a blind man
Miracles » Of Christ » Blind man
the Miracles of Christ » The blind restored to sight
Seclusion » Sought by those about to perform miracles » By Christ, in healing the blind man
Spitting » Jesus used spittle for healing

Mark 8:24 (show verse)

And he looked up and said, “I see people, but [they look] like trees, walking around.”

Blindness » The miraculous healing of a man of bethsaida
Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a blind man (at bethsaida)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Restores a blind man
the Miracles of Christ » The blind restored to sight

Mark 8:25 (show verse)

Then again Jesus laid His hands on his eyes; and the man stared intently and [his sight] was [completely] restored, and he began to see everything clearly.

Mark 8:26 (show verse)

And He sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

Jesus Christ » History of » Heals a blind man (at bethsaida)
Miracles » Of jesus, in chronological order » Restores a blind man

Mark 8:27 (show verse)

Then Jesus and His disciples went out to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

Caesarea philippi » A city » North » Israel
Galilee » Modern towns of » Cesarea philippi

Mark 8:28 (show verse)

They answered Him, “John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets.”

Titles and names of the wicked » Sinful generation

Mark 8:29 (show verse)

And He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter replied to Him, “You [in contrast to the others] are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed).”

Jesus Christ » Miracles of » One blind man cured
Peter » Confesses jesus to be the messiah

Mark 8:30 (show verse)

Then Jesus strictly warned them not to tell anyone about Him.

Jesus Christ » Miracles of » One blind man cured
Prudence » Instances of » Of jesus
Silence » Of Christ » Silence encouraged, upon the disciples by Christ

Mark 8:31 (show verse)

And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must [of necessity] suffer many things and be rejected [as the Messiah] by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and must be put to death, and after three days rise [from death to life].

Christ » His foreknowledge » Predicts his own sufferings
Christ » Sufferings of » Predicts his own sufferings
Denial » Denying yourself for jesus Christ
Following » Following the lord
Government » Mosaic » Constitutes, with priests and scribes, a court for the trial of both civil and ecclesiastical causes
Jesus Christ » Revelations by » Concerning » His death and resurrection
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » One blind man cured
Life » Who shall lose their life
Life » Who shall save their life
Losing and things lost » Who shall lose their life
Rejection » Jesus Christ being rejected
Salvation » Who shall save their life
Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ
Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of
Sufferings of Christ » Predicted by himself

Mark 8:32 (show verse)

He was stating the matter plainly [not holding anything back]. Then Peter took Him aside and began to reprimand Him.

Denial » Denying yourself for jesus Christ
Following » Following the lord
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » One blind man cured
Life » Who shall lose their life
Life » Who shall save their life
Losing and things lost » Who shall lose their life
Peter » His presumption » In rebuking jesus
Presumption » Instances of » Peter
Salvation » Who shall save their life
Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ
Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of

Mark 8:33 (show verse)

But turning around [with His back to Peter] and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, “Get behind Me, Satan; for your mind is not set on God’s will or His values and purposes, but on what pleases man.”

Christ » Reproves » To peter
Denial » Denying yourself for jesus Christ
Following » Following the lord
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » One blind man cured
Life » Who shall lose their life
Life » Who shall save their life
Losing and things lost » Who shall lose their life
Peter » His presumption » In rebuking jesus
Reproof » Administered by Christ » To peter
Salvation » Who shall save their life
Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ
Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of
Words of Christ » Few, in times of trial instructive » Reproving

Mark 8:34 (show verse)

Jesus called the crowd together with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].

Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Bearing the cross
Being Devoted to God » Should be exhibited in » Self-denial
Cross » Figurative
Denial » Denying yourself for jesus Christ
Following » Following the lord
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » One blind man cured
Life » Who shall lose their life
Life » Who shall save their life
Losing and things lost » Who shall lose their life
Salvation » Who shall save their life
Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ
Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of
Stoicism » Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses,"

Mark 8:35 (show verse)

For whoever wishes to save his life [in this world] will [eventually] lose it [through death], but whoever loses his life [in this world] for My sake and the gospel’s will save it [from the consequences of sin and separation from God].

Confessing Christ » Persecution should not prevent us from
Denial » Denying yourself for jesus Christ
Gain through loss » A spiritual paradox
The gospel » Promises to sufferers
The gospel » Those who receive, should » Sacrifice life itself for
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » One blind man cured
Life » Who shall lose their life
Life » Who shall save their life
Losing and things lost » Who shall lose their life
Salvation » Who shall save their life
Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ
Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of
Stoicism » Jesus requires self-denial and "crosses,"

Mark 8:36 (show verse)

For what does it benefit a man to gain the whole world [with all its pleasures], and forfeit his soul?

Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Jesus Christ » Miracles of » One blind man cured
Life » Who shall lose their life
Losing and things lost » Who shall lose their life
spiritual Loss » Causes of » Worldliness
Profit » What is not profitable
Profit and loss » Spiritual loss causes of » Worldliness
Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ
Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of

Mark 8:37 (show verse)

For what will a man give in exchange for his soul and eternal life [in God’s kingdom]?

Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » What can a man give in exchange for
Profit » What is not profitable
Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ
Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of

Mark 8:38 (show verse)

For whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”

Angel (a spirit) » Functions of » Will be with Christ at his second coming
Angels » Shall attend Christ at his second coming
Angels » The angels accompanying Christ when he returns
Angels » Nature » Holy
Christ » Denial of » General references to
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Who the lord will come with
Denial of Christ » General references to
Denial of Christ » In doctrine
Jesus Christ » History of » Foretells his own death and resurrection (near caesarea philippi)
Second coming of Christ » Rewards at, bestowed upon believers » Warnings to the wicked concerning
The second coming of Christ » The manner of » Accompanied by angels
Shame » Those that are ashamed of jesus Christ
Shame » Who jesus Christ will be ashamed of
Shame » Jesus ashamed of those who deny him
the future » Rewards at, bestowed upon believers » Warnings to the wicked concerning