Exegesis #3 Mark 6:1-11
Exegesis 3: Mark 6:1-11
I. Jesus displeases the Pharisees (1-5)
a. Walking through the grain fields (1)
a.i. On the Sabbath day (1)
a.ii. With his disciples (1)
b. They plucked some heads of grain (1)
b.i. They were hungry(1)
b.ii. They ate the grain(1)
c. The Pharisees question Jesus (2)
c.i. Why are they doing something that goes against the Sabbath? (2)
c.ii. Jesus asks them if they have read what David did when he was hungry (3)
c.ii.1. He entered the house of god (4)
c.ii.2. Took the bread and at it (4)
c.ii.3. It was not lawful for him and his friends to eat (4)
c.ii.3.a. Only for the priests (4)
c.iii. “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath” (5)
c.iii.1. Jesus is the Son of Man, and the Lord of the Sabbath (5)
II. Jesus angers the Pharisees again (6-11)
a. Jesus entered the synagogue (6)
a.i. He went to teach (6)
a.i.1. On another Sabbath day (6)
a.i.2. He noticed a man (6)
a.i.2.a. This man’s right hand was wounded (6)
a.i.2.a.i. He is not supposed to heal him (6)
a.i.2.b. The Pharisees watch him closely (7)
a.i.2.b.i. Will he heal the man on the Sabbath? (7)
a.i.2.b.ii. If he does they could accuse him (7)
b. Jesus knew what they were thinking (8)
b.i. He asked the man to come (8)
b.i.1. The man stood by his side (8)
b.ii. He questioned the Pharisees (9)
b.ii.1. Is it lawful to do good or evil? (9)
b.ii.1.a. Is it lawful to save a life or destroy it? (9)
b.ii.2. They said nothing (10)
b.iii. He asked the man to out stretch his hand (10)
b.iii.1. Jesus restores the man’s hand (10)
b.iv. The Pharisees were angered and plotted against Jesus (11)
Exegesis: Luke 6:1-11 This text opens with Jesus and his disciples walking through a grain field. It is the day of the Sabbath. His disciples begin to grow hungry. They are not supposed to do any work or eat on this day. But they still grab handfuls of grain, and begin to eat them. Some of the Pharisees were watching this and questioned them as to why they were doing this,
I. Jesus displeases the Pharisees (1-5)
a. Walking through the grain fields (1)
a.i. On the Sabbath day (1)
a.ii. With his disciples (1)
b. They plucked some heads of grain (1)
b.i. They were hungry(1)
b.ii. They ate the grain(1)
c. The Pharisees question Jesus (2)
c.i. Why are they doing something that goes against the Sabbath? (2)
c.ii. Jesus asks them if they have read what David did when he was hungry (3)
c.ii.1. He entered the house of god (4)
c.ii.2. Took the bread and at it (4)
c.ii.3. It was not lawful for him and his friends to eat (4)
c.ii.3.a. Only for the priests (4)
c.iii. “The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath” (5)
c.iii.1. Jesus is the Son of Man, and the Lord of the Sabbath (5)
II. Jesus angers the Pharisees again (6-11)
a. Jesus entered the synagogue (6)
a.i. He went to teach (6)
a.i.1. On another Sabbath day (6)
a.i.2. He noticed a man (6)
a.i.2.a. This man’s right hand was wounded (6)
a.i.2.a.i. He is not supposed to heal him (6)
a.i.2.b. The Pharisees watch him closely (7)
a.i.2.b.i. Will he heal the man on the Sabbath? (7)
a.i.2.b.ii. If he does they could accuse him (7)
b. Jesus knew what they were thinking (8)
b.i. He asked the man to come (8)
b.i.1. The man stood by his side (8)
b.ii. He questioned the Pharisees (9)
b.ii.1. Is it lawful to do good or evil? (9)
b.ii.1.a. Is it lawful to save a life or destroy it? (9)
b.ii.2. They said nothing (10)
b.iii. He asked the man to out stretch his hand (10)
b.iii.1. Jesus restores the man’s hand (10)
b.iv. The Pharisees were angered and plotted against Jesus (11)
Exegesis: Luke 6:1-11 This text opens with Jesus and his disciples walking through a grain field. It is the day of the Sabbath. His disciples begin to grow hungry. They are not supposed to do any work or eat on this day. But they still grab handfuls of grain, and begin to eat them. Some of the Pharisees were watching this and questioned them as to why they were doing this,
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