Day 72 ~ okay, once again...on the third day, I'm going to raise from the dead...

• Mark 9:10 - the disciples at the transfiguration questioned what rising from the dead meant. Jesus had "spoke this word openly" back in 8:31-32. Why did they not understand? again in 9:30-31: " He taught His disciples and said to them, 'The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And after He is killed, He will rise the third day.' But they did not understand this saying, and were afraid to ask Him." Why were they afraid? Why did they not understand? Did they think he was talking in parables again? He tells them again in 10:33&34.
• 9:43 - eternal fire in hell. Quote from Isaiah 66:24 about the fire that is not quenched - you would have had to have been paying close attention to catch that and equate it to the reality of an eternal punishment in hell - back when we were looking for the promise of heaven in the Old Testament. There is no lack of talk of eternal life in the New Testament.
• 10:25 - I remember from somewhere that the "eye of the needle" was a gate in a city and the talk of getting the camel through was to envision a camel loaded with stuff and trying to fit him through a stone gate in a wall too small for him to fit. He would have to be unloaded and practically go through on his knees to fit. Unburdened, like one who sold all their possessions and became humbled.
• 10:35 - the Sons of Thunder seem to treat Jesus like a genie in a bottle - grant us our wish. Seems a bit unbelievable. How long had these guys been with Jesus? Would you ask Jesus that question in their situation?
• 11:24 - "whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them" is quickly followed by "And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.” My guess is that if you are in a state of trespass with God, He is unlikely to answer your prayers.
• 12 - vineyard parable - I'm going to say that God is the vineyard owner, the vineyard is heaven, Jesus is the son that is killed by the vinedressers, the vinedressers are Jews, and the gentiles are the ones who will receive the vineyard.
• 12:18 - sadducees. I remember from "Jet Cadets" back in the 5th or 6th grade that sadducees are "sad, you see" for they don't believe that Jesus would raise from the dead. And that pharisees were "fair, you see" or not as bad as the saducees.
• 14:51-52 - what is the significance of the naked man?
• Mark doesn't say anything about graves opening up when the temple curtain rips, nor does he say anything about the earthquake or the curtain rip for that matter.
• 16:17-18 - who displays these signs? I think it is the disciples he is addressing who truly believe He has been raised from the dead. Jesus has just rebuked them for their unbelief at His appearances after his death. Perhaps those who truly didn't believe wouldn't be able to display the signs. I don't think these signs necessarily were displayed by anyone who believed, or else the whole country side would be filled with people picking up snakes and speaking new languages (which is a skill they would need if they are to go out to every nation).
• 16:19 - which hand of God will Jesus sit at? the right hand of course