Join us as we explore the heart of Mark’s Gospel: Mark 8:27—10:52. In preparation, consider the following questions:

• What do the disciples fail to understand about what it means that Jesus is the Messiah?

• What does Jesus want the disciples to understand about discipleship?

• What do you think Mark 9:1 means?

• This section contains three “Passion Predictions” (8:31-33; 9:30-32; 10:32-34). How do you think these relate to everything we have seen so far in Mark’s Gospel?

• On the way to Jerusalem Jesus heals a blind man (see Mark 1046-52). Consider the passage in light of 2 Samuel 5:6-8. What might be the significance of this?