Session 8

Death Coming (Mark 10:32-34)

32 They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them.
The disciples were astonished, but those who followed him were afraid.
Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them the things that would happen to him.
33 “See, we are going up to Jerusalem.
The Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes,
and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles,
34 and they will mock him, spit on him, flog him, and kill him,
and he will rise after three days.”

Review:

• Why were those who followed Jesus astonished and afraid?

List:

list everything that Jesus said would happen to Him in Mark 10:32-34.

Analyze:

Mark 8:31-33 and 9:30-32.
Point out that this time, Jesus mentioned the Gentiles mocking, spitting, and flogging.

Ask:

• Why was it necessary for Jesus to continually remind His disciples about His death and resurrection?
• Why do you think they continued to have trouble understanding Jesus’s teaching? (p. 71)

Explain:

The disciples’ expectations of a Messiah did not meet the image of a suffering Savior.
But the Christian life is counter-cultural,
and Jesus led through service and sacrifice.

Ask:

• How can we live out Jesus’s example before the world?

KEY DOCTRINE

God the Son

Jesus perfectly revealed and did the will of God,
taking upon Himself human nature with its demands and necessities
and identifying Himself completely with mankind yet without sin.
(See Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 4:14-15.)