\nMark 8:10-26<\/td>\n
Did you understand what you read?<\/h3>\n\n- What did the Pharisees and Sadducees want from Jesus? Why did they want one?<\/li>\n
- What was the only thing going to be given to them?<\/li>\n
- Why were the disciples confused about Jesus’ warning concerning the Pharisees and the Sadducees?<\/li>\n
- Why did Jesus remind the disciples about the feeding of the 5000 and 4000?<\/li>\n
- What was different about the healing of the blind man in Bethsaida?<\/li>\n
- Trace Jesus’ travels in this lesson. Mark the places of significant events.
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<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\tThe Hostility of the Pharisees and Sadducees<\/h1>\nDemand for a Sign\u00a0(Matthew 16:1-4; Mark 8:10-13)<\/h2>\n
After leaving Decapolis, Jesus travels across the Sea of Galilee to Magdala in the region of Dulmanutha. There, the Pharisees and Sadducees confront him, asking for a sign from heaven as a test. Paul noted this trait of the Jews in I Corinthians 1:21-24. The fact that signs have been done is never enough. Because they do not want to believe the message, they look for some way to discount the messenger. They weren’t looking for any old sign, they wanted a sign from heaven; that is, a sign like those found in the Old Testament where the sun stood still (Joshua 10:13), or moved back ten degrees (Isaiah 38:8), or lightening striking from the sky (I Kings 18:38). They demanded a big, showy sign that would be readily attributed to God – which they believed Jesus could not produce.<\/p>\n
Jesus sighs and points out that they were able to tell the weather for the day by observing the signs that the weather produces in the sky in advance. While they were willing to pay attention to these small details, they refused to see the signs already given. It is useless to give additional signs to people who refuse to see signs.<\/p>\n
They would not get the sign they were demanding because they were a sinful and adulterous people. The only sign they would see is one similar to what happened to Jonah. By this, Jesus is alluding to Jonah having spent three days in the deep before being restored to land (Jonah 1:17). He is hinting that the one sign they would recognize is his resurrection (Matthew 12:39-40).<\/p>\n
Returning to the boat, Jesus and the disciples returned to the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee, probably near Bethsaida.<\/p>\n
Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees\u00a0(Matthew 16:5-12; Mark 8:14-21)<\/h2>\n
Somewhere along the way, the disciples realized they had forgotten to bring food with them, which was unfortunate since they had left seven baskets of food in Decapolis. All they could find was one loaf of bread.<\/p>\n
Jesus uses this discussion as an opportunity to teach. “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod<\/i>” (Mark 8:15). Matthew’s account says “Sadducees” instead of “Herod,” but this is the same group. The Sadducees tended to be from the ruling class, and in Galilee, these would be people who followed Herod.<\/p>\n
Puzzled by Jesus’ words, the disciples decided he was referring to their lack of food. But Jesus scolds them for that conclusion. That conclusion showed how little they understood and how little faith they had in Jesus. When there were over 5,000 people to feed, Jesus produced enough food to feed everyone and still left 12 baskets of leftovers. When there were over 4,000 people to be fed, Jesus again produced enough food to feed everyone and left 7 baskets of leftovers. Why would Jesus be concerned about the lack of food? And why would they think this, given that they had seen what Jesus could do? How sad how quickly they forgot the miracles they had seen (Psalm 78:11; Deuteronomy 4:9).<\/p>\n
Once the wrong line of reasoning was exposed, the disciples finally realized that Jesus was warning them to beware of the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Jesus’ use of a metaphor better illustrated why the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees were dangerous. Like leaven in a lump of dough, it grows and spreads (I Corinthians 5:6).<\/p>\n
\u00a0Healing of a Blind Man in Bethsaida\u00a0(Mark 8:22-26)<\/h2>\n
Jesus and his disciples now enter Bethsaida, where a blind man is brought to him. The man begs Jesus to touch him, implying that he had heard of Jesus’ earlier miracles, in which people were healed by his touch. Evidently, the man was not born blind, as he later describes seeing men who look like trees (Mark 8:24).<\/p>\n
The events in this healing have raised many questions because they do not follow the pattern of other healings as recorded. Jesus led the man out of Bethsaida, spat upon his eyes, laid his hands on him, and then asked if he saw anything. The man states that he sees men who look like trees walking about. That is, the men and trees looked alike to the man, but he could tell which were men because they moved. Jesus then puts his hands on the man’s eyes again. Depending on your translation, Jesus either had the man look up, that is to look again, or Jesus looked at the man intently. The variance is due to variations in the Greek copies. Two different words, though somewhat similar in spelling, are used in different copies. The resulting variation deals with who did the looking. After this second time, the man’s eyesight was completely restored, and he saw clearly.<\/p>\n
The difference in the methods Jesus used to heal tells us that healing did not come about through the method but through the power of the Lord. Other people imitating Christ’s methods should not expect the same results (see Acts 19:13-17).<\/p>\n
Others note that Jesus’ method in this case would require some faith on the blind man’s part. The man had to accept being led out of town. He had to endure having someone spit into his face. He was first given only partial sight and had to trust that Jesus’ touch would give him full sight again. The patience with which this man endured this treatment hints at his faith in Jesus.<\/p>\n
Jesus sent him home and told him not to go into the town or tell anyone. Once again, we see that Jesus is not doing these miraculous works for the publicity they might generate. Instead, he sought to keep it quiet, perhaps to keep crowds from following him and demanding his time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Gospel Accounts\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hostility of the Pharisees and Sadducees Reading Assignment: Matthew 16:1-12 Mark 8:10-26 Jeremiah 5:21 Did you understand what you read? What did the Pharisees and Sadducees want from Jesus? Why did they want one? What was the only thing going to be given to them? Why were the disciples confused about Jesus’ warning concerning…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":10690,"menu_order":67,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65926","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66341,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/the-gospel-accounts-a-chronological-harmony\/questions\/","url_meta":{"origin":65926,"position":0},"title":"Questions (Gospel Accounts)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Questions Reading Assignment: Matthew 22:15-46 Mark 12:13-37 Luke 20:20-44 Exodus 3:6 Did you understand what you read? Who was the first group to question Jesus, and what was the trick question? 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Hamilton, 2009 \u00a0 Index by Verses Discussed Table of Content The Four Gospel Accounts The Announcements of John and Jesus' Births Jesus' Birth and Childhood John's Ministry Jesus' Baptism and His Temptations The First Year of Teaching The Beginning of Jesus'\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/scan0078.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/scan0078.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/scan0078.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":67714,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/mark-jesus-the-active-servant\/mark-8\/","url_meta":{"origin":65926,"position":3},"title":"Mark 8","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 20, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Mark 8 Feeding of Over 4,000 (Mark 8:1-9) Once again, Jesus felt compassion for the large crowd gathered in the remote area to see him. 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<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\tThe Hostility of the Pharisees and Sadducees<\/h1>\nDemand for a Sign\u00a0(Matthew 16:1-4; Mark 8:10-13)<\/h2>\n
After leaving Decapolis, Jesus travels across the Sea of Galilee to Magdala in the region of Dulmanutha. There, the Pharisees and Sadducees confront him, asking for a sign from heaven as a test. Paul noted this trait of the Jews in I Corinthians 1:21-24. The fact that signs have been done is never enough. Because they do not want to believe the message, they look for some way to discount the messenger. They weren’t looking for any old sign, they wanted a sign from heaven; that is, a sign like those found in the Old Testament where the sun stood still (Joshua 10:13), or moved back ten degrees (Isaiah 38:8), or lightening striking from the sky (I Kings 18:38). They demanded a big, showy sign that would be readily attributed to God – which they believed Jesus could not produce.<\/p>\n
Jesus sighs and points out that they were able to tell the weather for the day by observing the signs that the weather produces in the sky in advance. While they were willing to pay attention to these small details, they refused to see the signs already given. It is useless to give additional signs to people who refuse to see signs.<\/p>\n
They would not get the sign they were demanding because they were a sinful and adulterous people. The only sign they would see is one similar to what happened to Jonah. By this, Jesus is alluding to Jonah having spent three days in the deep before being restored to land (Jonah 1:17). He is hinting that the one sign they would recognize is his resurrection (Matthew 12:39-40).<\/p>\n
Returning to the boat, Jesus and the disciples returned to the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee, probably near Bethsaida.<\/p>\n
Beware of the Leaven of the Pharisees\u00a0(Matthew 16:5-12; Mark 8:14-21)<\/h2>\n
Somewhere along the way, the disciples realized they had forgotten to bring food with them, which was unfortunate since they had left seven baskets of food in Decapolis. All they could find was one loaf of bread.<\/p>\n
Jesus uses this discussion as an opportunity to teach. “Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod<\/i>” (Mark 8:15). Matthew’s account says “Sadducees” instead of “Herod,” but this is the same group. The Sadducees tended to be from the ruling class, and in Galilee, these would be people who followed Herod.<\/p>\n
Puzzled by Jesus’ words, the disciples decided he was referring to their lack of food. But Jesus scolds them for that conclusion. That conclusion showed how little they understood and how little faith they had in Jesus. When there were over 5,000 people to feed, Jesus produced enough food to feed everyone and still left 12 baskets of leftovers. When there were over 4,000 people to be fed, Jesus again produced enough food to feed everyone and left 7 baskets of leftovers. Why would Jesus be concerned about the lack of food? And why would they think this, given that they had seen what Jesus could do? How sad how quickly they forgot the miracles they had seen (Psalm 78:11; Deuteronomy 4:9).<\/p>\n
Once the wrong line of reasoning was exposed, the disciples finally realized that Jesus was warning them to beware of the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Jesus’ use of a metaphor better illustrated why the teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees were dangerous. Like leaven in a lump of dough, it grows and spreads (I Corinthians 5:6).<\/p>\n
\u00a0Healing of a Blind Man in Bethsaida\u00a0(Mark 8:22-26)<\/h2>\n
Jesus and his disciples now enter Bethsaida, where a blind man is brought to him. The man begs Jesus to touch him, implying that he had heard of Jesus’ earlier miracles, in which people were healed by his touch. Evidently, the man was not born blind, as he later describes seeing men who look like trees (Mark 8:24).<\/p>\n
The events in this healing have raised many questions because they do not follow the pattern of other healings as recorded. Jesus led the man out of Bethsaida, spat upon his eyes, laid his hands on him, and then asked if he saw anything. The man states that he sees men who look like trees walking about. That is, the men and trees looked alike to the man, but he could tell which were men because they moved. Jesus then puts his hands on the man’s eyes again. Depending on your translation, Jesus either had the man look up, that is to look again, or Jesus looked at the man intently. The variance is due to variations in the Greek copies. Two different words, though somewhat similar in spelling, are used in different copies. The resulting variation deals with who did the looking. After this second time, the man’s eyesight was completely restored, and he saw clearly.<\/p>\n
The difference in the methods Jesus used to heal tells us that healing did not come about through the method but through the power of the Lord. Other people imitating Christ’s methods should not expect the same results (see Acts 19:13-17).<\/p>\n
Others note that Jesus’ method in this case would require some faith on the blind man’s part. The man had to accept being led out of town. He had to endure having someone spit into his face. He was first given only partial sight and had to trust that Jesus’ touch would give him full sight again. The patience with which this man endured this treatment hints at his faith in Jesus.<\/p>\n
Jesus sent him home and told him not to go into the town or tell anyone. Once again, we see that Jesus is not doing these miraculous works for the publicity they might generate. Instead, he sought to keep it quiet, perhaps to keep crowds from following him and demanding his time.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Gospel Accounts\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Hostility of the Pharisees and Sadducees Reading Assignment: Matthew 16:1-12 Mark 8:10-26 Jeremiah 5:21 Did you understand what you read? What did the Pharisees and Sadducees want from Jesus? Why did they want one? What was the only thing going to be given to them? 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