This episode brings us to the final major section of Mark’s gospel, where events begin to accelerate toward Jesus death and resurrection. All events in this episode are set in the temple or are directly related to it. Mark shows us that Jesus did not come to reform temple worship but to replace it with his own sacrificial death. In this episode we see Jesus’ triumphal arrival at the temple and his prophetic judgement against the temple as he interrupted temple commerce and cursed the fig tree in a dramatized parable. We also see his authority over the temple leadership, masterfully answering their accusatory questions.
00:00 Opening Comments
03:08 Jesus' triumphal arrival at the temple
11:40 Jesus' prophetic judgment against the temple
24:36 Jesus definitive authority over the temple leadership
35:08 Closing Comments
Study Questions for Mark 11:1-12:12
1. In what way does the manner of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem confirm his character?
2. What does the event of Jesus disrupting the commerce in the temple tell you about Jesus character (11:15-17)?
3. What is the significance of Jesus using the quotation in 11:17 in the section of the temple called “The court of the Gentiles?”
4. What might Jesus’ promises in 11:23-24 have meant to Jark’s first readers, reading this just after the temple’s destruction in 70 AD?
5. Why does Jesus focus the temple authorities on the baptism of John (11:30-33)?
6. How did Jesus parable of the tenants answer the leaders question bout Jesus authority (11:28)?
With the quotation in 12:11, Jesus says that his rejection was always part of God’s plan and will ultimately be used for his glory. How do you think the persecuted
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