9. Search in Mark - Michael Penny

Search - Feb 2003

Mark 14:66-72 Peter disowns the Lord

705. Who spoke to Peter first? What did she say?

706. What was Peter's answer, and what did he do?

707. Who spoke of Peter next? To whom did she speak? And what did she say?

708. What was Peter's reaction?

709. Who spoke to him next? How did they know he was Galilean?

710. What was Peter's reaction to their challenge?

711. What was Peter's reaction when he heard the rooster crow?

Mark 15:1-15 Jesus before Pilate

712. Who were the people who reached a decision about the Lord Jesus? How many of them were there?

713. What was the decision they had reached? (Mark 14:63-65)

714. What is the connection between “the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One” (Mark 14:61), and “the King of the Jews” (Mark 15:2)? (Compare Matthew 2:2 and 2:4.)

715. What specific things did the chief priests accuse Jesus of before Pilate?

716. Why did the Lord's refusal to answer “amaze” Pilate?

717. Why had the chief priests handed the Lord over to Pilate?

718. Who was Barabbas and why was he in prison?

719. When the crowd was asked what crime Jesus had committed, what was their answer?

720. Why was the crowd so hostile towards the Lord when the previous week they had shouted “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord”? What had changed them?

721. If Pilate was going to crucify Christ, why did he have Him flogged first? What was the point?

Mark 15:16-20 The Soldiers mock the Lord

722. Why did the soldiers put a “purple” robe on Jesus?

723. Why did the soldiers strike Him on the head with a staff?

724. Why did they spit on Him?

725. Why did they fall on their knees and pay homage to Him?