Mark
From Commontary
The Gospel of Mark
Author
Date
Occasion & Purpose
Themes
Outline
Mark 1:1-8 John the Baptist
Mark 1:9-13 Jesus' Baptism and Temptation
Mark 1:14-20 Calling of the First Disciples
Mark 1:21-28 Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit
Mark 1:29-34 Jesus Heals Many
Mark 1:35-39 Jesus' Prayer and Mission
Mark 1:40-45 "If You Are Willing"
Mark 2:1-12 Healing and the Authority to Forgive
Mark 2:13-17 The Calling of Levi
Mark 2:18-22 Fasting and Wineskins
Mark 2:23-3:6 Lord of the Sabbath
Mark 3:7-12 The Crowds and Withdrawing
Mark 3:13-19 Appointing of the Twelve
Mark 3:20-30 Jesus and Beelzebub
Mark 3:31-35 True Family
Mark 4:1-20 The Parable of the Sower
Mark 4:21-25 The Parable of the Lamp
Mark 4:26-34 The Parables of the Growing Seed & the Mustard Seed
Mark 4:35-41 Jesus Calms the Storm
Mark 5:1-20 Jesus Heals the Gerasene Demoniac
Mark 5:21-43 Jesus Heals Jairus' Daughter and a Sick Woman
Mark 6:1-6a A Prophet Without Honor
Mark 6:6b-13 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
Mark 6:14-29 John the Baptist Beheaded
Mark 6:30-44 Feeding of the 5000
Mark 6:45-56 Jesus Walks on Water
Mark 7:1-23 Clean and Unclean
Mark 7:24-30 The Syrophoenician Woman
Mark 7:31-37 The Deaf-Mute
Mark 8:1-10 Feeding of the 4000
Mark 8:11-13 The Request for a Sign
Mark 8:14-21 The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
Mark 8:22-26 The Blind Man "I See People Like Trees"
Mark 8:27-30 Peter's Confession
Mark 8:31-33 First Passion Prediction
Mark 8:34-9:1 The Cost of Discipleship
Mark 9:2-13 The Transfiguration
Mark 9:14-29 Healing of a Boy with an Evil Spirit --"If you can?"
Mark 9:30-32 Second Passion Prediction
Mark 9:33-37 Who Is the Greatest?
Mark 9:38-41 For Us or Against Us
Mark 9:42-50 Causing to Sin
Mark 10:1-12 Divorce
Mark 10:13-16 Little Children
Mark 10:17-31 The Rich Young Ruler
Mark 10:32-34 Third Passion Prediction
Mark 10:35-45 Not So With You
Mark 10:46-52 Blind Bartimaeus
Passion Week (11:1-16:8)
Mark 11:1-11 The Triumphal Entry
Mark 11:12-19 Cleansing of the Temple
Mark 11:20-25 The Fig Tree
Mark 11:27-33 The Authority of Jesus
Mark 12:1-12 The Parable of the Tenants
Mark 12:13-17 Give to Caesar What Is Caesar's
Mark 12:18-27 Marriage at the Resurrection
Mark 12:28-34 The Greatest Commandments
Mark 12:35-40 David's Son/Warning of False Teachers
Mark 12:41-44 A Widow's Offering
The Olivet Discourse (13:1-37)
Mark 13:1-8 Signs of the End of the Age
Mark 13:9-13 Persecution
Mark 13:14-23 The Abomination That Causes Desolation
Mark 13:24-31 The Coming of the Son of Man
Mark 13:32-37 No One Knows the Day or Hour--Be on Guard!
Mark 14:1-9 The Plot to Arrest; Anointing at Bethany
Mark 14:10-26 Judas Agrees to Betray; the Lord's Supper
Mark 14:27-31 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
Mark 14:32-42 Gethsemane
Mark 14:43-52 Betrayal and Arrest
Mark 14:53-65 Trial Before the Sanhedrin
Mark 14:66-72 Peter's Denial
Mark 15:1-15 Trial Before Pilate
Mark 15:16-20 Mocking of Jesus
Mark 15:21-32 The Crucifixion of Jesus
Mark 15:33-41 The Death of Jesus
Mark 15:42-47 The Burial of Jesus
Mark 16:1-8 The Resurrection of Jesus
Mark 16:9-20 Disputed Ending