The Bible in a Year

New Testament

Mark 14 to Luke 5
Read this coming week:
Feb 7 Ex 20‐21, Ps 35, Mark 14 Feb 8 Ex 22‐23, Ps 36, Mark 15 Feb 9 Ex
24‐25, Ps 37:1‐22, Mark 16 Feb 10 Ex 26‐27, Ps 37:23‐40, Luke 1 Feb 11
Ex 28, Ps 38, Luke 2 Feb 12 Ex 29‐30, Ps 39, Luke 3 Feb 13 Ex 31‐32, Ps
40, Luke 4 Feb 14 Ex 33‐34, Ps 41, Luke 5

Reading Questions
For next week you’re reading Mark 14 to Luke 5.
Answer the following:
• When did the chief priests and scribes begin to
seek how to arrest Jesus and kill Him? (Ch. 14 This
is the only definite date in Mark)
• Read 14:51-52, this is one of the few stories in
Mark not in Matthew and Luke. It is considered to
be semi-autobiographical – the young man being
Mark.
• How are the two thieves crucified alongside Jesus
described in Mark?
• Stop at Mark 16:8. Does the story make sense
without 9-20?
• Why did Luke write his Gospel?
• Who are the two prophets in the temple when
Jesus is presented?
 • What do we know about John the Baptist by Ch. 3?
• What kinds of places does Luke show Jesus
preaching in during Ch 4?
• How does Jesus explain the difference between
Himself and John the Baptist in 5?
Luke’s Gospel
Luke’s Gospel is the fullest account that we have of
Jesus’ life. Luke approaches the subject of Jesus’ life as
a historian, researching dates and contextual events in
order to show the historicity of Jesus’ life and work

Luke’s Gospel has some other hallmarks as well. The

Gospel of Luke tells more parables, more healing
stories, and more interaction with the poor than any of
the other Gospels. It is likely that part of the reason for
these things showing up in Luke more than any other
Gospel is the sheer length of Luke’s work as opposed to
shorter works by Matthew and Mark, and the divergent
work of John (which does not resemble the other
Gospels as clearly as they resemble each other).

The author of Luke is genuinely considered to be the

same as the author of the book of Acts, which lists Luke
as a character – a travel companion to Paul. It is likely
that Luke was a gentile, a Greek-speaker, by birth and
origin – and as such, his Gospel takes on a much less
“Jewish” point of view and a more accessible Gospel for
those not familiar with the rites and ceremonies of
Judaism.
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