The Book of Mark was written by a young man named John Mark. He wrote down the stories that Peter told about Jesus. It is a common misconception of the Bible that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were each one of the Twelve Apostles, but in fact only Matthew and John were.
The Book of Mark was written to show us who Jesus is through his life and actions.
This book was actually intended or the Gentiles. In other words, people who were not Jews.
In the Book of Mark, Jesus demonstrates his power by performing miracles to help people and he teaches his disciples.
Jesus is obviously the most important person in this book.
Jesus worked miracles and taught from 26-30AD.
Other things that were going on in history:
- Pontius Pilate is appointed as prefect of Judea
- Emperor Tiberius retires to Capri, leaving the Praetorian Guard under Lucius Aelius Sejanus in charge of the Roman Empire and the city of Rome.
- Romans crush an uprising of Thracian tribesmen,
- Lucius Calpurnius Piso and Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi become Roman consuls
- Fire in Rome
- Poorly built ampitheatre in Fidenae collapses, killing 20 000 of the 50 000 spectators.
- Roman legions in Germania are transported by fleet to fortress of Flevum on the Rhine to operate against the rebellious Frisians. Frisians negotiate treaty with the Romans at the River Rhine, avoiding conquest.
- King Daru of Baekje succeeds to the throne of Baekje in the Korean peninsula
- Romans captures Serdica (modern Sofia), named after Celtic tribe Serdi
- Agrippina the Elder is exiled to the island of Pandataria, and her sons (except Caligula) are imprisoned by Lucius Aelius Sejanus
- Jesus baptized by John the Baptist
- The Kushan Empire is founded
- The Holy Spirit filled 120 believers in Jesus of Nazareth. These people tell 3000 Jews about Jesus.
- The Sermon on the Mount - Jesus speaks to his disciples and a large crowd.
Most events in Mark 1-9 happened in Galilee. Most events in Mark 10-16 took place in or near Jerusalem.
Favorite stories in Mark:
Mark 2:1-12 - Jesus heals paralyzed man
Mark 4:35-41 - Jesus calms a storm
Mark 5:21-43 - Jesus raises a dead girl
Mark 6:45-56 - Jesus walks on water
Mark 8:1-10 - Jesus feeds 4000 people
Mark 9:14-32 - Jesus heals a young boy
Mark 14:12-26 - Jesus holds the Lord's Supper
Mark 15:21-47 - Jesus dies and is buried
Mark 16:1-8 - Jesus is raised again
Hello Emily Dadeau. Wish you a very blessed, prosperous and a very Christ centered New year. So good to know you through your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am glad to stop by your blog post and go through the over all study of Mark. I am blessed to go through your blog post. Well I am in the Pastoral ministry for last 35yrs in the great city of Mumbai, India a city with great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the broken hearted. We also encourage young people as well as adults from the West to come to Mumbai on a short / long term missions trip to work with us in the slums of Mumbai during their vacation time. We would love to have you come to Mumbai with your friends to work with us during your vacation time. My email id is: dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. My son lives in Calgary, Canada with his wife and I do come to Canada once in a while to see them. I would love to meet you if God willing I am in Calgary in the month of June 2015. God's richest blessings on you. Looking forward to hear from you.
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