Getting to Know Jesus in the Gospel of Mark
Study Sixteen: Mark 3:13-21
13 And he went up on the mountain and called to him those whom
he desired, and they came to him. 14 And he appointed twelve (whom he also
named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to
preach 15 and have authority to cast out demons. 16 He appointed the twelve: Simon
(to whom he gave the name Peter); 17 James the son of Zebedee and John the
brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of
Thunder); 18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and
James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot, 19 and Judas
Iscariot, who betrayed him.
20 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that
they could not even eat. 21 And when his family heard it, they went out to
seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” (Mark 3)
1. What does Mark
state as Jesus’ purpose in choosing twelve men to be his apostles?
2. What do you
think is the significance of the connection between what Jesus was giving them
in relationship to him, and what he would be sending them to do?
3. Based on Jesus’
assignment to these men, what would be the expected response of people like you
if you were the recipient of their work?
4. Why is it
important to know that such a crowd had gathered that Jesus and his disciples
could not even stop to eat?
5. What did Jesus’
earthly family think of what he was doing?
6. What does this
difference between what Jesus thought he should be doing, and what his family thought
he should be doing, introduce to our understanding of how Jesus’ gospel would
affect people as it spread throughout the world?
7. If you were one
of the people who were desperate to experience Jesus’ ministry, how much would
you have been affected by what his earthly family thought of him?
Unless otherwise noted,
Scriptures are from the English Standard Version (The Holy Bible, English
Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good
News Publishers.)
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