Gospel of mark
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29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. The head was with Herodias. The body they buried, and by doing this they honoured their leader and the last of the Old Testament prophets. It then states that, “they went and told Jesus”, which was done, probably, for the following reasons: 1. It was an important event, and one particularly connected with the work of Jesus. John was his herald and it was important that he should be made acquainted with his death. 2. It is not unreasonable to suppose that in their sorrow they came to him for consolation. 3. Their master had been slain by a cruel king. Jesus was engaged in the same cause, and they probably supposed that he was also in danger. They therefore came to warn him of it, and Jesus now sought a place of safety. Matthew 14:13 would indicate that the fear was real, with the malice of the king and his wife possibly being directed against Jesus also.
a) Physical death - is the separation of the soul from the body (Genesis 35:18). b) Spiritual death - is separation from God, having no relationship with God (Ephesians 2:1,12, Genesis 2:17,3:8) c) The second death - this is the Great White Throne judgment followed by the lake of fire for unbelievers - separation from the presence of God, punished forever (revelation 20:12-15, 21:8) d) Positional death - Christians are identified with Jesus Christ in His death (separation from sin) and in His resurrection (living in righteousness) Romans 6:3-14 Colossians 2:12-14 e) Sexual death - inability to procreate (Romans 4:17-21, Hebrews 11:11-12) f) Operational death - faith without works is non operational (James 2:26) g) Temporal death - a carnal believer, out of fellowship with God (Romans 8:6-8,13, Ephesians 5:14, 1 Timothy 5:6, James 1:15, Revelation 3:1) 3. Reasons for death: a) The work is finished. (John 19:30 cf Luke 23:46, 2 Timothy 4:7) b) For the glory of God - martyrdom (John 21:19, Acts 7:55-60) c) The sin unto death - extreme discipline for believers with hardened hearts against God (1 John 5:16) d) Suicide - superimposing your will over God's will for your life (1 Samuel 31:4, Matthew 27:5 e) The unique death of Christ - committing His own spirit to the Father (Luke 23:46) HOLY SPIRIT: MINISTRY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 1. In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit did not indwell all believers, since Christ was not yet glorified (John 7:39). Instead, He only came upon some Old Testament saints to perform special functions. a) JOSEPH, a believer who was a prime minister. (Genesis 41:38) b) Believers who were artisans occupied in the construction of the Tabernacle. (Exodus 28:3, 31:3) c) Believers involved in administration. (Numbers 11:17, 25) d) A believer who was both a political and military leader - JOSHUA (Numbers 27:18) e) Certain Judges: OTHNIEL (Judges 3:9, 10) GIDEON (Judges 6:34) JEPHTHAH (Judges 11:29) SAMSON (Judges 13:24, 25, 14:5-6, 15:14) f) Kings of Israel (1 Samuel 10:9, 10, 16:13) g) DANIEL (Daniel 4:8, 5:11, 6:3) h) Post exilic rulers (Zechariah 4:3, 12-14)
a) SAUL (1 Samuel 16:14) b) DAVID (Psalm 51:11)
a) Destroying the Temple and building another in three days. (Matthew 27:40, Matthew 26:6 1) b) Claiming to be the Son of God. (Matthew 27:43)
a) Judge was prejudiced and had previously plotted the death of Jesus. (Matthew 26:59) b). There was to be no arrest by religious authorities that was effected by a bribe. (Exodus 23:8) c) The Courts was without jurisdiction to try a capital offence. d) The incompetence of the judges is seen by the cross examination of the judges as its purpose is self incrimination. (Matthew 26:57-67) e) The judges portrayed further prejudice by attempting to obtain testimony from false witnesses. f) There were to be no steps of criminal proceedings after sunset. g) Judges or Sanhedrin members were not allowed to participate in the arrest. h) There were to be no trials before the morning sacrifice. i) There were to be no secret trials, only public. j) Sanhedrin trials could only be conducted in the hall of judgment of the Temple compound. k) The procedure was to be first the defence and then the accusation. l) All may argue in favour of acquittal, but all may not argue in favour of conviction. m) There were to be two or three witnesses and their testimony had to agree in every detail. Deuteronomy 19:15 n) There was to be no allowance for the accused to testify against himself. o) The High Priest was forbidden to rent his garments. Leviticus 21:10 p) Charges could not originate with the judges, they could only investigate charges brought to them. q) The accusation of blasphemy was only valid if the name of God itself was pronounced. r) A person could not be condemned on the basis of his own words alone. s) The verdict could not be announced at night, only in the daytime. t) In cases of capital punishment, the trial and guilty verdict could not occur at the same time but must be separated by at least 24 hours. u) Voting for the death penalty had to be done by individual count beginning with the youngest so the young would not be influenced by the elders. v) A unanimous decision for guilt shows innocence since it is impossible for 23-71 men to agree without plotting. w) The sentence could only be pronounced three days after the guilty verdict. x) Judges were to be humane and kind. y) A person condemned to death was not to be scourged or beaten beforehand. Principle - religion destroyed the objectivity of Jewish law. 5. General principles: a) Any system of law which is bona-fide recognises a person as innocent until proven guilty. b) Guilt must be proved in a fair trial by true laws of evidence. c) In the time of Christ, two legal systems existed, Roman and Jewish law. d) Jewish law was distorted by the infiltration of manmade religion. e) Roman law was distorted by political expediency. f) In His trials Jesus was subject to the two greatest systems of law in the ancient world, but both had been distorted by man. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND MARK 6:30-44 [MATTHEW 14:13-21, LUKE 9:10-17, JOHN 6:1-14] see HARMONY 74-10 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him. 34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. 35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. 37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? 38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. 39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. 42 And they did all eat, and were filled. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. KEY WORDS
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