Gospel of Mark
Mark 11: 1 to 11: 26

The Final Ministry of Jesus in Jerusalem (11:1-16:8)
Sunday (Mark 11:1- 11)

•	The so-called “______________________entry” was a messianic act on the part of Jesus --- his public and official announcement of His______________________.  As he had elicited a Messianic confession of his disciples at Caesarea Philippi, so here he elicits a similar confession from the multitudes.  Both Matthew and Luke speak of the event as the fulfillment of the prophecy of ______________________9:9.

The People
•	on the surface the people acclaimed Him______________________, but in the deepest level, they rejected and finally crucified Him.  He was not the kind of ______________________they wanted.  

Some think 
•	we should distinguish two classes of people witnessing the royal entry.  The ______________________crowds who shouted the praise of Jesus (perhaps those who had accompanied Him from Galilee and were more friendly toward him; and the ______________________ (perhaps local people, led by the religious leaders in their opposition to Him).

Mark’s Account
•	of Christ’s entry into ______________________is “characterized by vivid detail and yet is remarkably restrained in its ______________________assertion according to Lane. 

 Cranfield 
•	sees this combination of “vividness and detail” and “notable______________________” as “convincing evidence” that Mark’s narrative “represents ______________________tradition of the greatest historical value.”  Quite probably it derives from Peter (pp. 247-48).

Mark 11: 1-6
•	records the securing of the ______________________

Mark 11: 7-11
•	is the presentation of ______________________in the ______________________entry.

Monday: Mark 11: 12-19
•	This is the day of______________________.
•	The Cursing of the barren ______________________tree (11: 12-14)

The Cleansing of the Temple (11: 15-19)
•	This is not to be confused with the cleansing of the temple at the ______________________of Jesus’ ministry (John 2:13-22).  In both acts Jesus was asserting his ______________________authority over the temple. 

 Mark 11:11 
•	suggests that after the entry into Jerusalem Jesus went into the temple, looked around, and then retired to ______________________for the night.  This is a clear indication that the cleansing of the temple was not the result of a sudden outburst of uncontrollable______________________.

Tuesday: Mark 11:27-12: 40
•	This is the day of ______________________and teaching
•	One should observe that this was a very full day for Jesus, a day which was difficult and ______________________exhausting.

Object Lesson of Prayer (11:20-26)