THE GOSPEL OF MARK - PRESENTATION 9

THE GRADUAL REVELATION OF JESUS

I. After the feeding of the 4000 and the following discourse, the next section describes a gradual unfolding of who Jesus is, which includes three revelations (Peter's confession, the Transfiguration, and Bartimaeus' confession of Jesus as the son of David), three miracles, and three predictions of the passion, combined with the continual misunderstanding of the apostles.

II. Cure of the Blind Man at Bethsaida (Mark 8:22-26)

III. Peter's Confession.

B. Jesus first asks what the crowd thinks. Their answers reflect Herod's view. See 6:14.

C. Peter's response indicates that these expectations were not great enough.

E. Peter is clearly in the leadership position, as even his stumbles would indicate.

III. The First Passion Prediction and Discourse on Discipleship (Mark 8:31-9:1)

D. Jesus says one must have a willingness to lose life, not necessarily a desire for it.

IV. The Transfiguration (Mark 9:2-8)