Getting to Know Jesus in the Gospel of Mark
Study Fourteen: Mark 3:1-6
1 Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a
withered hand. 2 And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on
the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. 3 And he said to the man with the
withered hand, “Come here.” 4 And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath
to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. 5 And
he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and
said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was
restored. 6 The Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the
Herodians against him, how to destroy him. (Mark 3)
1. What would
Jesus have meant to the man with the weathered hand?
2. What did the
Pharisees think was the issue in relation to this man?
3. What did Jesus
make the issue?
4. How would you
contrast the difference between the way the religious leaders saw Jesus, and
the way Jesus saw them?
5. What was Jesus
teaching about himself by healing the man’s hand in spite of the opposition
from the religious elite?
6. In what ways do
we still see people responding to Jesus the way the Pharisees responded to him
in their day?
7. How would you
describe your response to Jesus?
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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