Mark - Lesson 2...Continued from page 1

DAY TWO:  Amazing Reactions

Please carefully read Mark 1:27-31 and answer the following questions.

1.  How did those at the synagogue that day react to all of these things (v. 27)?

NOTES:  The word amazed used here conveys the idea of being afraid or terrified as well as in awe.  His teaching to them was also refreshing, as the Greek word means to be new in quality as compared to the stuffy rhetoric of the scribes.

2. What was the result of this great act of deliverance (v. 28)?

3.  After leaving the synagogue, they came to Simon and Andrew’s house for the rest of the Sabbath.  Palestinian houses of this time were usually low and flat-roofed, sometimes having a guest chamber up on top, and usually the extended family dwelt together, including the married children.[vii]  But what did they find out upon returning home (v. 30)? 

4.  The word Mark used for fever actually comes from the Greek root word for fire, so this phrase meant she was lying prostrate, burning with fever, not just a little ill.  What did Jesus do about this, and what was her response to this (v. 31)?

5.  What a special touch at the end of verse 31?Peter’s mother-in-law went from extremely ill one moment to giving of herself in service to the Lord at the next.  He has also done much the same for us: saved us from a certain death in hell and brought us literally from the fire that would have destroyed us.  What do the following passages state about what our attitude should be in view of what He has done for us?

Psalm 116:12–14

Luke 17:10; 2 Corinthians 5:14, 15

Romans 12:1, 2

Scripture Memory:  Try to fill in the missing words in the blanks below, by memory if at all possible, and then review the passage several times today.

Then Jesus, moved with _______________________, stretched out His hand and __________________ him, and said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed."  Mark 1:41, nkjv