7. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:1a
In those days, when again a great crowd
had gathered…
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8. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:1b-3
. . . and they had nothing to eat, he called
his disciples to him and said to them, “I
have compassion on the crowd, because
they have been with me now three days
and have nothing to eat. And if I send
them away hungry to their homes, they
will faint on the way. And some of them
have come from far away.”
9. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:4
And his disciples answered him, “How
can one feed these people with bread
here in this desolate place?”
10. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:5-6
And he asked them, “How many loaves
do you have?”They said, “Seven.” And
he directed the crowd to sit down on the
ground. And he took the seven loaves,
and having given thanks, he broke them
and gave them to his disciples to set
before the people; and they set them
before the crowd.
11. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:7-9
And they had a few small fish. And
having blessed them, he said that these
also should be set before them. And they
ate and were satisfied. And they took up
the broken pieces left over, seven baskets
full. And there were about four thousand
people. And he sent them away.
14. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:6
And he took the seven loaves,
and having given thanks, he broke
them and gave them to his disciples to
set before the people.
“Blessed areYou, Eternal God our
Father, King of the Universe, who
causes bread to come from the earth.”
15. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:8
And they ate and were satisfied. And
they took up the broken pieces left
over, seven baskets full.
16. Mark 8:1-26
Acts 9:23-25
When many days had passed, the Jews
plotted to kill him, but their plot became
known to Saul.They were watching the
gates day and night in order to kill
him, but his disciples took him by night
and let him down through an opening
in the wall,lowering him in a basket.
17. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:10
And immediately he got into the boat
with his disciples and went to the district
of Dalmanutha.
18.
19. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:11
The Pharisees came and began to argue
with him, seeking from him a sign from
heaven to test him.
20. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 3:22
And the scribes who came down from
Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed
by Beelzebul,” and “by the prince of
demons he casts out the demons.”
21. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:11
The Pharisees came and began to argue
with him, seeking from him a sign from
heaven to test him.
22. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:12-13
And he sighed deeply in his spirit and
said, “Why does this generation seek a
sign?Truly, I say to you, no sign will be
given to this generation.” And he left
them, got into the boat again, and went
to the other side.
23. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:14-15
Now they had forgotten to bring bread,
and they had only one loaf with them in
the boat. And he cautioned them,
saying, “Watch out; beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven
of Herod.”
24. Mark 8:1-26
But were the
disciples
listening? Did
they hear what
Jesus was
saying?
26. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:17-18
And Jesus, aware of this, said to
them, “Why are you discussing the fact
that you have no bread? Do you not yet
perceive or understand? Are your hearts
hardened? Having eyes do you not see,
and having ears do you not hear? And do
you not remember?
27. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:19-21
When I broke the five loaves for the five
thousand, how many baskets full of
broken pieces did you take up?”They said
to him, “Twelve.” “And the seven for the
four thousand, how many baskets full of
broken pieces did you take up?” And they
said to him, “Seven.” And he said to
them, “Do you not yet understand?”
30. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:22
And they came to Bethsaida. And some
people brought to him a blind man and
begged him to touch him.
31. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:23-24
And he took the blind man by the hand
and led him out of the village, and
when he had spit on his eyes and laid his
hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see
anything?” And he looked up and said, “I
see people, but they look like trees,
walking.”
32. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:25-26
Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes
again; and he opened his eyes, his sight
was restored, and he saw everything
clearly. And he sent him to his home,
saying, “Do not even enter the village.”
33. Mark 8:1-26
Could Jesus have completely
healed the man with his first
touch?
SO why the delay?Why did
Jesus heal in two stages?
34. Mark 8:1-26
“I believe Jesus intentionally
healed this man in stages as an
object lesson for His disciples.”
R. C.
Sproul
35. Mark 8:1-26
Mark 8:17-18
Do you not yet perceive or understand?
Are your hearts hardened? Having eyes
do you not see, and having ears do you
not hear? And do you not remember?
36. Mark 8:1-26
“It is as if, through this two-
stage healing, Jesus was saying
that the disciples had begun to
see dimly.They were not in total
darkness as the pagans were.They
had some understanding. But they
had not yet seen clearly…”
37. Mark 8:1-26
“… If they had been asked at
that moment to describe Jesus,
they might have said, ‘I see a
mighty oak walking around, but
I do not really understand the full
measure of who he is.’”
39. Today’sTakeaway
They lost sight of the significance of
these miracles because they were
focused on the wrong thing rather than
the main thing.
40. Today’sTakeaway
Mark 8:14-15
Now they had forgotten to bring bread,
and they had only one loaf with them in
the boat. And he cautioned them,
saying, “Watch out; beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven
of Herod.” And they began discussing
with one another the fact that they had
no bread.
41. Today’sTakeaway
They were so fixated on their temporal,
material need and their OWN lack of
resources, they failed to understand
that the answer to their need was right
there in the boat with them . . .
in the person of Jesus Christ!
44. Today’sTakeaway
DON’T become so fixated on this world
that you lose sight of Jesus Christ! Don’t
be like the disciples who missed the
obvious because they were focused on
the wrongthing rather than the
mainthing!
