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"He had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him (Mark 3:10)"

  MARK 3:7-12 TEXT  




7 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea 8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. 9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, 10 for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him. 11 And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.” 12 And he strictly ordered them not to make him known.









  MARK 3:7-12 QUESTIONS  





Please note.
By reading the meditation associated with this text you will find many answers to the questions. However, the most important thing to do is to remain on the text, meditate on it until you can formulate your own answers. When interacting with the text we are interacting with the ultimate author of the text, the Holy Spirit.

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  The Popularity of Jesus   



      General Questions   

  1. What did Jesus withdraw from and with whom? To answer this question think also of the previous episode vv. 1-6.

  2. Can you compare and contrast this episode with the preceding one in the synagogue vv. 1-6?

  3. We have different categories or groups of people here. What are they?

  4. How does Jesus relate to each one of these?

  5. Which category would you identify with?

  6. What kinds of pressure do you think Jesus was under?

  7. How does Jesus handle pressure? How do we handle pressure?

  8. What have you noticed in all these episodes seen so far about the location of Jesus’ missionary activity?



    9.   The Crowds   

  9. Why do you think the crowd followed him? Do you think they were Christ-centred or self-centred. Why?

  10. Do you think it was right to follow him to obtain what they wanted? Can you think of any particular verse or verses in scripture where people are invited make their needs known?

  11. “A great crowd followed him” (v.7). Are they following Jesus as Levi and the other disciples mentioned here are following him? What is the difference?

  12. How many crowds are there in this episode? From how many different locations?

  13. Does this convergence of people from various locations represent anything for you?

  14. What do you think drew the crows to Jesus? Was it just the miracles or is somehting else going on here? See Zechariah 4:6 and John 6:44. Does this teach us anything?

  15. Do you remember any episodes previous to this when crowds followed Jesus?

  16. Why do you think they followed him?

  17. Was Jesus at ease with crowds here?



    18.   The Unclean Spirits   

  18. Who are the only ones who recognise his true identity?

  19. Why do you think Jesus does not accept their witness?

  20. Why did Jesus order them and not ask politely?

  21. Why do you think Jesus ordered them not to make him known?

  22. Why do you think those with an unclean spirit fell down before him?

  23. Do you remember any other episode previous to this one where Jesus confronted unclean spirits?

  24. What characterises Jesus' group of disciples? How do they compare with the crowds?


  Discussion Question   

  • As members of the community of Jesus how should we relate to the world? You might want to read John 3:16 and 1 John 2:15

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Mark 3:7-12 Meditation






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