Oct. 27, 2024

This week we will study Mark chapter 11 and see Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the cleansing of the temple.

Mark Lesson 16 Study Questions

1.    You will find a colt tied, on which no one has sat: With this, Jesus established that He would enter Jerusalem riding on a colt. He deliberately chose a _______ donkey, not a stallion, not a horse, and not coming on foot. This is because in that day, to come riding a colt – as opposed to a mighty war-horse – was to come as a man of _______.

2.    On which no one had sat: “To Jesus it made no difference that this was an unbroken colt. He was the ________ come into this scene as a Man, and as such all the lower creatures were _________ to Him.” 

3.    On this day, they lavished __________ and _____ on Jesus. They used their clothes as a saddle for Jesus and as a red carpet for the colt He rode on. Considering the expense and value of clothing in that day, this was generous praise.

4.    When He looked around at all things: Jesus came as the Messiah to Jerusalem, not as a mighty general to ________ the Romans. He came first to look at the standing of the people of God, and to make an ___________. In the rest of Mark 11, we see the results of this inspection.

5.    There were many trees with only leaves, and these were not cursed. There were many trees with neither leaves nor fruit, and these were not cursed. This tree was _______ because it professed to have _______, but did not.

6.    In all works in the ministry of Jesus, this is the only destructive miracle. The Old Testament is filled with miracles of destruction and judgment, but Jesus most perfectly showed us the nature of God. If this was the only miracle of its kind, we must see there was a great and important lesson in it. God doesn’t approve when there is profession without reality, _____ without ______.

7.    Every Jewish male had to pay a yearly temple tax – an amount equaling about two days’ pay. It had to be paid in the __________ of the temple, and the money exchangers made the exchange into temple money at _________ rates.

8.    Those who bought and sold in the temple: They did this in the outer courts of the temple, the only area where Gentiles could ________ and _____. Therefore, this place of prayer was made into a ___________, and a dishonest one at that. God intended the temple to be a house of prayer for all nations, but they had made it a den of thieves.

9.    Have faith in God: Jesus explained that this miracle was really the result of a _______ made in ______, and He encouraged His marveling disciples to have this kind of faith, trusting that God would hear them also.

10.    Whoever says to this mountain, “Be removed”: Mountain was a popular figure of speech for any ______________ problem; Jesus said that as we believe, God could overcome any __________.

11.    Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him: A lack of _____ is not the only obstacle to effective prayer. Refusing to ______ or holding on to bitterness can also hinder our prayer.

12.    I will also ask you one question: When Jesus asked them to answer the question regarding John the Baptist, He was not ___________ their question. If John really was from God, then he was right about Jesus and Jesus was indeed the _________. If what John said was true, then Jesus had all ___________.