Mark 14:32 "...a place which was named Gethsemane..." Garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives. Name means oil press. It is where the olives were pressed for oil. 33 "...He took Peter, James, and John with Him..." We know He must have had a closer connection to these three than the other disciples …
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Mark 14:1 "After two days it was the Passover..." The commentary that mentioned the timing suggested this means what is about to be told happened two days before the Passover. Makes sense. It shares the story of the anointing in Bethany and includes info that Peter probably got after the fact. He would understand later …
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Mark 13:2 "...Not one stone shall be left upon another..." Apparently Titus of Rome will order that the city be completely demolished. Not just conquered, but destroyed as well. Commentaries didn't give any further information on it. Will need to check other sources to get the full story of what happened. Josephus was mentioned, Wars …
Mark 12:28 "...perceiving that He had answered them well..." Was listening with an open mind. Not sure of his intentions, but at least he was really listening to Jesus. He asked the first important question when looking for the Messiah. 31 "And the second, like it, is this..." Jesus picked up on the question, answered …
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Mark 12:1 "...He began to speak to them in parables..." During passion week. Looks like the parables He's using are all pointing to the Messiah's death and resurrection, not just general living teachings. This seems to have been His focus since at least Him healing the blind man outside Bethsaida. 5 "...many others, beating some …
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Mark 11:1 "...near Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives..." Small villages along the road to Jerusalem from Jericho. Pretty close if they were counted at or near the Mount of Olives which is just across the valley from Jerusalem. 13 "...perhaps He would find something on it...it was not the season …
Mark 10:23-24 "...those who have riches to enter...those who trust in riches to enter..." Jesus repeated the statement a slightly different way to convey what He was saying. Riches aren't the problem. Trusting in them is. Part of self reliance. Commentaries make a big deal out of the fact that the manuscript NU doesn't contain …
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Black & White with Shades of Gray 