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Mark 1:9-11 The Baptism of Jesus.
How to find things in the Bible.
Verse 9
Place Type of Place
Nazareth River
Galilee Town
Jordan Region
Read the following words: city, brook, state, creek, province, village, municipality, stream. Sort the words with similar meanings under these headings:
River Town Region
Name two Rivers (or Creeks) in Australia:
Name two Towns (or Cities) in Australia:
Name two Regions (or States) in Australia:
What happened at Jesus' Baptism?
Jesus was baptised in a _ _ _ _ _ called the J _ _ _ _ _. He was baptised by a man whose _ _ _ _ was John. In his baptism, Jesus went down into and under the water (see picture). After a short time, Jesus _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the water (verse 10).
What two things did Jesus see as soon as he came out of the water? (Verse 10)
(1)
(2)
Does "as soon as" mean (1) "within an hour"; (2) "straight away after" ; or (3) "just before"?
Draw an arrow showing which way "coming down" means:
Is a dove (1) a net; (2) a bird (a pigeon); (3) a bird (an eagle); or (4) a ray of sunlight?
What does it mean to come down 'like a dove': (1) swooping like an eagle; (2) straight down, quickly, like a falling stone; or (3) slowly and gently?
Who came down on Jesus like a dove? The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
In v 11, a Voice from heaven spoke. Which of these things can have a voice? (1) a fish; (2) a dove; (3) a person; (4) a machine.
The voice was from heaven. Which do you think is true: (1) Jesus heard John the Baptist talking; (2) Jesus heard the Holy Spirit talking to him after he had come down to him; or (3) Jesus heard a voice which seemed to come from high above, but Jesus could not see anyone talking.
Who did Jesus hear? (Read verses 1 and 11)
Who were present at the baptism of Jesus?
(1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Baptist
(2) _ _ _ _ _
(3) the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
(4) _ _ _ (the Father).
What did God think about Jesus? He was (1) Happy; (2) Angry; (3) neither happy nor angry.
God thought of Jesus as (1) his friend; (2) someone to do his work; or (3) his Son whom he loved.
(2) the Son;
(3) the Holy Spirit.
Every Christian has God's Holy Spirit in his heart (Romans 5:5). This happens when Jesus baptises us with the Holy Spirit (Mark 1:8). The Holy Spirit helps us to live the way God wants us to live - this even applies to Jesus himself - for example, in Mark 1:12 the Holy Spirit made Jesus go into the desert.
The Holy Spirit is a person and is fully God. We cannot see him, because he does not have a body, but he is spirit. The Bible says he is like the wind - we cannot see him, but we do see his effects in our lives (John 3:8).
God
Lord
Father
Heavenly Father
Some names of Jesus:
Jesus
Christ, Messiah
Lord
Son
Saviour
Some names of the Holy Spirit:
Spirit, Holy Spirit
Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ
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St Andrew's Anglican Church
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Mark 1:12-13 Jesus tempted by Satan.
(1) In a book, what is the Contents page? Answer: it is a list of the m _ _ _ s _ _ _ _ _ _ _, and it gives the page number on which each section s _ _ _ _ _. Is the Contents found (A) at the front of a book, or (B) at the back of a book?
Find the Contents of your Bible. On what page do the following start:
Mark Page: _____
Luke Page: _____
Galatians Page: _____
Find the beginning of Mark in your Bible. Now find verse 12 of the first chapter of Mark.
(2) Read verses 12 and 13.
(3) Draw a line joining the words in the order they occur in the verses:
Straight Spirit
made into
the away
go Jesus
God's desert
(4) Draw lines to separate this into words:
Hestayedtherefor40dayswhileSatantestedhim.
Jesuswaswiththewildanimalsbutangelstookcareofhim.
(5) Jesus went straight away means
(a) he went in a straight line;
(b) he went quickly; or
(c) he went immediately.
What are some other ways of saying the same thing? Jesus went ........................... .
...........................
(6) God's Spirit is also called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
We cannot _ _ _ him, but we _ _ _ see his effects.
(7) Who made Jesus go into the desert?
(8) Is a desert (1) a place where nobody lives;
(2) a place which does not get much rain;
(3) sweet food you eat after the main course
(9) Look at the picture of an Australian desert.
Most of inland Australia is desert. Mark the following great deserts on the map of Australia:
the Great Sandy Desert;
the Gibson Desert;
the Simpson Desert.
Do you know any deserts in your own country?
Look at the modern day picture of the actual desert where Jesus went. Which of the following words would describe it? (a) a great place for a 40 day holiday; (b) a terrible place; (c) dry; (d) hilly; (e) a level plain; (f) arid; (g) temperate; (h) tropical; (i) no vegetation.
Verse 13 Read: "He stayed there for 40 days."
(10) What are some other words which mean 'stayed'?
(11) How long did Jesus stay in the desert? _ _ days.
Is 40 days longer or shorter than (1) a week ___________
(2) a month ____________
(3) a year. ____________
(12) Satan is a bad (evil) being who opposes God. When he tested Jesus, he tried to make him disobey God. There is more about this in Matthew and Luke.
(13) What was with Jesus? W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Read out this list of animals: cat, cow, tiger, dingo, puppy, lion, sheep, a herd of pigs, gold fish.
Some of these are wild animals and some are not wild. Sort them out by listing them under the correct headings:
Household Pet Farm Animal Wild Animal
Who looked after Jesus in the desert? The _ _ _ _ _ _.
An angel is a special messenger from God.
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Mark 1:14-15 Jesus Begins His Work.
(1) Find Mark chapter 1 verse 14. Read verses 14 and 15.
(2) What happened to John? He was a _ _ _ _ _ _ _. This means he was put in prison or jail or gaol.
(3) In Australia, whose job is it to arrest people? (A) a teacher;
(B) a policeman;
(C) a robber.
(4) Put these in the order in which they occurred:
(A) Jesus went to Galilee;
(B) John was arrested;
(C) God's kingdom comes;
(D) Jesus spread the good news from God.
(5) What did Jesus go to Galilee to do? Answer this by writing out these words from verse 14 in the right order:
news comes that God spread from the good
Mark 1:16-20 Jesus Chooses Four Fisherman.
(6) Read verses 16-18.
(7) Jesus was walking along the shore of Lake Galilee.
Act out (A) running
(B) walking
(C) standing
(8) Pronounce these words. Point to them in the picture. Say what they mean.
(A) shore
(B) boats
(C) water
(D) Lake Galilee
(E) fish
(F) nets
(G) basket
(H) pebbles
(I) Jesus
(J) fishermen
(9) Do people use nets to catch fish in your country?
How else do people catch fish in your country?
(10) Jesus wanted some people to help him spread the good news which comes from God (verse 14). Names the first two people Jesus called to help him (verse 16):
(A) Andrew
(B) Mark
(C) James
(D) Zebedee
(E) Simon
(F) John
(11) Did Simon and Andrew agree to follow Jesus?
(12) Are these true or false:
(13) Divide the following into words:
Jesussaidtothem,"Comewithme!I'llteachyoutobringinpeopleinsteadoffish.
This is a comparison or a play on words. Fishermen "bring in" or "catch" fish. In a similar way, Jesus' helpers will "catch" or "bring in" people. What does "bring in people" mean:
(A) catch people in a net and eat them
(B) tell them about the good news, so that they turn back to God
(C) get some more people to help them catch fish
(14) Read verses 19-20
(15) Who were the second two men whom Jesus called to be his followers.
(16) Who was their father?
(17) James and John had the same father, so we call them:
(A) sisters
(B) friends
(C) brothers
(D) workers
(18) Fill in the missing words, from this list : (workers, father, walked, come, nets, boat, John, Jesus, went)
Jesus _ _ _ _ _ _ on and soon saw James and _ _ _ _ , the sons of Zebedee. They were in a _ _ _ _ , mending their _ _ _ _. At once, _ _ _ _ _ asked them to _ _ _ _ with him. They left their _ _ _ _ _ _ in the boat with the hired _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ with him.
(19) In the picture, which men do you think might be James and John? Why?
(20) Jesus still calls people today, and wants them to come with him. He wants them to know the good news from God.
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Review: what has happened so far? (Mark 1:1-20)
The book of Mark is about Jesus who is the S _ _ _ _ G _ _ (verse 1). Before Jesus started his work, John the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (verse 4) let people know that someone (taller/ younger/ more powerful) (verse 7 - pick the correct one) than he was coming. This person who was coming was Jesus. John said that Jesus would baptise people with the H _ _ y _ p _ r _ _ (verse 8).
John the Baptist baptised Jesus in the river J _ _ _ _ _ (verse 9). After this Jesus went into the desert and was _ _ _ _ _ _ by Satan for 40 days (verses 12-13).
Jesus'workwastospreadthegoodnewsthatcomesfromGod (verse 14 - divide this up into words).
Then Jesus chose 4 fishermen to be his followers. Their names were ____________ , ___________, ____________ and ____________ (verses 16-20).
Where did this happen?
Jesus lived in Israel.
Look at the map of the world and point out the continents/countries: Australia, Africa, South America, United States of America. Point out the country where you were born.
Now find Israel. What are some other countries, cities and seas near Israel?
Look at the map of the Roman Empire when Jesus was on earth (page 100-101). Point out Judea (South Israel). Where are the countries which are now called Italy, Greece, Spain, France and England?
Look at the map of Israel. Find:
When did this happen?
These things that we are reading about happened in about the year 30 AD. This is about _, _ _ _ years ago. This seems a long time ago, but if people live to about 70 years of age, it is only about the length of 28 lifetimes.
When we say 30 AD, the AD stands for Anno Domini which is Latin for 'year of our Lord'. We count our years from the year of Jesus' birth. So this means that Jesus was about _ _ years old when these things took place.
Other things were happening in the world when Jesus was on earth. In China, it was the period of the Han Dynasty (202BC - 220 AD). Do you know what was happening in your country of birth when Jesus was on earth?
Mark 1:21-28 Jesus casts out an Evil Spirit.
(1) Read verses 21-22 slowly. Could you pronounce each of the words correctly?
(2) Where did Jesus go? ____________. His disciples went with him. Who do you think his disciples were?
(3) The Sabbath is the Jewish day of _ _ _ _. It is a bit like our Sunday, when we go to church.
(4) On this Sabbath day, Jesus went to the Jewish M _ _ _ _ _ _ P _ _ _ _. This is a bit like a church. This is also called a Syn_ _ _ gue - Jews still call their 'churches' synagogues. There is one of these at Allawah, near Hurstville. What do other religions call their meeting places or places of worship?
(5) Jesus started teaching. This means:
(A) he went to school and learnt some lessons;
(B) he sang a song;
(C) he explained what the Bible means.
(6) What did the people think of the way Jesus was teaching? They were _ m _ z _ _.
(7) 'Jesus taught with authority' means:
(A) he kept looking up his notes;
(B) the way he taught showed that what he said was really true and important;
(C) the Jewish authorities helped him with the class.
(8) Read verses 23 and 24.
(9) An evil spirit is a being which does not have a body, and cannot be seen, but can live in a person and can cause that person harm. Do people in your culture believe in evil spirits? Do you believe in evil spirits?
(10) This evil spirit knew who Jesus was. Who did he say Jesus was: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
(11) Read verses 25-26.
(12) Separate the words that Jesus said to the evil spirit: "Bequietandcomeoutoftheman!"
(13) Are these true or false:
(14) Read verse 27-28.
(15) Try to write these words out in order, without looking at the Bible (but look if you have to !). This is what the people thought about what Jesus had done:
It obey What Even teaching new powerful is him evil of spirits the some this kind must be
(16) As we go through Mark, we will keep seeing what people thought of Jesus. This will help us decide what to think of Jesus. The people today were _ m a _ e _ , at Jesus because:
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Jesus Heals Many People (Mark 1:29-39)
(1) Find Mark 1:29-39.
(2) Read the heading. The heading summarises what the next few verses are about.
Pick the phrase with similar meaning to the word on the left:
Heals repairs a shoe, cures a sick person.
Many one or two, several, a lot of
Who else heals people?
(3) We use bold and italic to make words stand out. Draw a line between the headings and the correct print style:
Jesus Heals Many People italic
Jesus Heals Many People bold
Jesus Heals Many People bold italic
Jesus Heals Many People plain
In your Bible, what type style was used for the heading?
(4) (Matthew 8:14-17; Luke 4:38-41) appears underneath the heading. This means that this event is also described in two other places in the Bible. Look up Matthew 8:14-17. Is the story longer or shorter in Matthew?
(6) Jesus and his friends went to a home. Who owned the home? _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _
(7) Who was sick with a fever? Simon's _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ - _ _ _.
Whose mother is this person?
A fever means that you have a high/low temperature.
(8) How did Jesus heal her?: (Write out the words in correct order)
hand helped hold he up her took of her and
This is not the way a doctor heals a person. How does a doctor heal?
(10) About what time did the people come to Jesus to be healed? 6am; 10am; 12noon; 4pm; 8pm
(11) Are these true or false:
(13) Even though Jesus had healed so many people the previous night, he did not sleep-in the next morning. What did he do instead:
What does alone mean? By himself; all the crowd was together with him.
What does pray mean? To ask some one a question; to think by yourself; to speak to God.
(14) Jesus' friends came out to look for him. Why did they do this:
(15) Why do you think the people wanted to find Jesus?
(17) Instead of staying there to keep healing the people in that town, Jesus said that he had to go to nearby towns.
Riverwood is a suburb. What are some nearby suburbs?
(18) Why did Jesus have to go to nearby towns? (Separate the words)
sothathecouldtellthegoodnewstothosepeople
(19) What was the good news? The answer is in verse 15. Read it. Write it out. See if you can learn this verse, so that you can say it without having to read it.
(20) We will learn more and more about this good news as we read through Mark.