1. Is there anything about the size of the Gospel which indicates that it might be earliest?

 

2. What is John's relationship to Jesus in the first chapter of Mark?

 

3. After most of the miracles what response is given to the meaning of Jesus?

 

4. How does that prepare the reader for the questions asked by Jesus in chapter 8?

 

5. How is the response of Peter one with which Jesus seems pleased, and yet with which he is not pleased at all?

 

6. Is there any reason why Mark's passion narrative should show Jesus as one who went to his passion and death all alone?

 

7. Why is the response of the Roman centurion to the death of Jesus so unique (chapter 15)?

 

8. Why is it that throughout the Gospel Jesus had told those who had been healed or who had witnessed the healings "to tell no one"?

 

Source: Study Guide Questions, by John A. Swartz