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Text -- Mark 8:17-38 (NET)

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8:17 When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened? 8:18 Though you have eyes, don’t you see? And though you have ears, can’t you hear? Don’t you remember? 8:19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied, “Twelve.” 8:20 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They replied, “Seven.” 8:21 Then he said to them, “Do you still not understand?”
A Two-stage Healing
8:22 Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him. 8:23 He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked, “Do you see anything?” 8:24 Regaining his sight he said, “I see people, but they look like trees walking.” 8:25 Then Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 8:26 Jesus sent him home, saying, “Do not even go into the village.”
Peter’s Confession
8:27 Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” 8:28 They said, “John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets.” 8:29 He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” 8:30 Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him.
First Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection
8:31 Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 8:32 He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 8:33 But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God’s interests, but on man’s.”
Following Jesus
8:34 Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it. 8:36 For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life? 8:37 What can a person give in exchange for his life? 8:38 For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Bethsaida a town located on the northeast side of the Sea of Galilee
 · Caesarea a town on the Mediterranean 40 kilometers south of Mt. Carmel and 120 kilometers NW of Jerusalem.
 · Elijah a prophet from the 9th century B.C.,a prophet from Tishbe in Gilead to Israel in King Ahab's time,son of Jeroham of Benjamin,a priest of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Bani Elam clan who put away his heathen wife
 · John a son of Zebedee; younger brother of James; the beloved disciple of Christ,a relative of Annas the high priest,a son of Mary the sister of Barnabas, and surnamed Mark,the father of Simon Peter
 · Peter a man who was a leader among the twelve apostles and wrote the two epistles of Peter
 · Philippi a town 40 km north of the Sea of Galilee, frequently called Caesarea Philippi,a town in Macedonia 350 km north of Athens
 · Satan a person, male (evil angelic),an angel that has rebelled against God


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Jesus, The Christ | JESUS CHRIST, 4C2 | Peter | MEDIATION; MEDIATOR | Miracles | Blindness | Worldliness | Apostles | Bethsaida | PALESTINE, 3 | Persecution | PERSON OF CHRIST, 4-8 | MESSIAH | Self-denial | Wicked | Cross | SELF-SURRENDER | Stoicism | Angel | MARK, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO, 2 | more
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NET Notes: Mar 8:17 Or “discussing.”

NET Notes: Mar 8:18 Grk “do you not hear?”

NET Notes: Mar 8:20 ‡ A difficult textual problem is found here, involving three different variants: καὶ λέγουσι&...

NET Notes: Mar 8:21 Do you still not understand? The disciples in Mark’s Gospel often misunderstood the miracles of Jesus as well as his teaching. Between Matthew, ...

NET Notes: Mar 8:22 Grk “to him”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Mar 8:23 Grk “on him,” but the word πάλιν in v. 25 implies that Jesus touched the man’s eyes at this point.

NET Notes: Mar 8:24 The verb ἀναβλέπω, though normally meaning “look up,” when used in conjunction with blindness mea...

NET Notes: Mar 8:25 Or “he looked intently”; or “he stared with eyes wide open” (BDAG 226 s.v. διαβλέπω 1)...

NET Notes: Mar 8:26 Codex Bezae (D) replaces “Do not even go into the village” with “Go to your house, and do not tell anyone, not even in the village.&...

NET Notes: Mar 8:27 Grk “he asked his disciples, saying to them.” The phrase λέγων αὐτοῖς (legwn auto...

NET Notes: Mar 8:28 The appearance of Elijah would mean that the end time had come. According to 2 Kgs 2:11, Elijah was still alive. In Mal 4:5 it is said that Elijah wou...

NET Notes: Mar 8:29 The term χριστός (cristos) was originally an adjective (“anointed”), developing in LXX into a substanti...

NET Notes: Mar 8:30 Mark 8:27-10:52. The entire section 8:27-10:52 is built around three passion predictions of Jesus (8:31; 9:31; 10:33). These predictions form the stru...

NET Notes: Mar 8:31 Or “and the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22.

NET Notes: Mar 8:32 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate Peter’s rebuke is in response to Jesus’ teaching about t...

NET Notes: Mar 8:33 Grk “people’s.”

NET Notes: Mar 8:34 To bear the cross means to accept the rejection of the world for turning to Jesus and following him. Discipleship involves a death that is like a cruc...

NET Notes: Mar 8:35 The point of the saying whoever wants to save his life will lose it is that if one comes to Jesus then rejection by many will certainly follow. If sel...

NET Notes: Mar 8:36 Here καί (kai) has been translated as “yet” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

NET Notes: Mar 8:38 How one responds now to Jesus and his teaching is a reflection of how Jesus, as the Son of Man who judges, will respond then in the final judgment.

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