New Testament 1
Gospel of Mark 8:1 – 27
Lecture 19
A. Withdrawal to Decapolis (7:31-8:10)
•	The Feeding of the_____________________..  Some see this as merely confused with the previous feeding of 5,000.  But both Matthew and Mark record this event. There are differences between the two.   The feeding of the 5,000 involves the _____________________.and the 4,000 involves_____________________..  We see the lesson of God’s love and grace in action.
The Crowd
•	had been with Jesus for _____________________.days and now had nothing to eat.  It aroused His compassion (vv 13).  Again the disciples wondered how they would feed these people (v. 4).  Apparently they had forgotten the earlier feeding.  Once again Jesus told them to check their resources.  They found _____________________.loaves and a few small fishes (vv 5-7).
The Disciples Question
•	8:4 From whence can a man _____________________.these men with bread here in the wilderness?  A man? Of course a man cannot do it!  No man had the power to do this, but Jesus is not mere man! He is_____________________.!  
Jesus’ Method of Feeding 4000
•	was to use organization.  Verse 8 says that they were all fed.  This time there were 7 baskets of food left.  The word baskets is spuridas in Greek and means a “_____________________.basket” They are large wicker type baskets.  The feeding of the 5000 the word was kophinos.
Lessons for Us
•	Is that God intends for us to _____________________.in what He is doing!  The disciples filled the baskets and passed the food around.  He keeps giving more and more as the need is evident! They kept feeding the_____________________.!   
B. Withdrawal to Bethsaida Julius (8:11-25)
•	The visit to Bethsaida Julius (located on the eastern shore of the _____________________.above the point where it enters the Sea of Galilee) was perhaps an incident on the way to Caesarea Philippi.  Hiebert things the purpose of going to Bethsaida may simply have been to procure supplies. The entire period spent at _____________________.and in the region of Caesarea Philippi may have lasted as long as 6 months.
•	The Occasion (11-13)
There was renewed opposition of the religious leaders: at Dalmanutha (Magadan in Matthew 15:39)  Jesus had returned to Galilee (v. 10). The _____________________.arrive (v. 11). Matthew adds in 16:1 that the Sadducees also came.  They now joined their theological _____________________.in opposing Jesus in Galilee.
The Sign
The Pharisees and Sadducees were seeking a sign from Jesus, thus tempting Him (v. 11).  The _____________________.did not believe in signs at all.  The Pharisees regarded Jesus’ other miracles as from earth.  “From heaven” implied some supernatural display which they could attribute only to_____________________..  Both groups doubted that Jesus could do it.
Their Motivation
They requested a sign that would demonstrate beyond a shadow of doubt that He was the Messiah (probably something at least as great as _____________________.fire from Heaven.)  This demand rejected the adequacy of the miracles performed to this point.  They would still have the option of _____________________.even another if they so wanted. 
Their Attempt
Was to make Jesus a Messiah after the _____________________.of men so as to gain their favor and support by self-chosen means.  This is something close to what _____________________.tempted Him to do earlier.  
Jesus’ response:
He _____________________.deeply in his spirit (v12). It came from His deeper parts in revolt against such crass unbelief.  “Why does this generation seek after a sign?” Jesus wanted men to see beyond the signs to their deeper meaning.  He did not want to be regarded simply as a _____________________.worker.  Matthew 16:2f recorded Jesus’ contemporary’s ability to tell weather signs in the heavens.  But that coming of the _____________________.of God, they could not read those signs.
His Sigh
Could be a recognition that they were hardening their hearts or even the realization on Jesus’ part that the _____________________.would grew even heavier.  It could be an understanding that He would soon be bearing the sin of men on the cross.
Why Does This Generation Seek a Sign?
So that they might believe?  No! So that they might _____________________.Jesus’ ministry?  Matthew says that they would only receive the sign of Jonah (16:4)—the sign of His_____________________..  He and His disciples left for the other side of the Sea and went toward Bethsaida (V.22)
What is the Sign of Jonah?
The sign is the _____________________.of which Jonah was an illustration.  There is a popular song that goes, “I’d rather have Jesus than anything else.” Does that mean even more than a_____________________.?  
2) The Incidents 
a) On the way—(13b-21) 
a warning against the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.  The disciples thought Jesus referred to a shortage of _____________________.for the journey (v. 14, 16).  Jesus was warning against bad theology and bad politics.  But knowing the disciples’ denseness he reminded them of the two miraculous _____________________. (vv 18-20).  Note both miracles.  These alone should convince them that Jesus was not concerned about physical bread.  
“Not Yet” (oupo)
did they understand the difference between Jesus’ _____________________.and _____________________.and those of the world (v21). Before condemning the Twelve, do men today comprehend the difference?
Have You hardened?
Your heart?  The word “_____________________.” means to make rough, to_____________________., to make tough to penetrate.  How are our hearts? 
b) At Bethsaida—(22-26) 
a healing of the blind man
This miracle like that recorded in 7:31-37 was in a sense “_____________________.out”. In reading the account note also the considerateness of Jesus (23a), the use of spit (23b) a method doubtless intended to _____________________.the faith of the man by the only instance of such in the gospels.
Why Stop at Bethsaida?
They had failed to bring along _____________________.and thus had to stop for it before going on to their _____________________.place.