OUTLINE OF MARK
A. Ralph Johnson
THEME: Jesus the power of God. Written from the Roman viewpoint.
Written by John Mark, son of Mary of Jerusalem and cousin of Barnabas, from Rome with Peter’s help.
The date is very difficult and is variously set from around 58 to 64 AD. It is likely it was written between Matthew and Luke.
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CHAPTERS & KEY WORDS |
OUTLINE 16ch(8) (brief) |
MARK verses |
MATT. |
LUKE |
JOHN |
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I. BEGINNING MINISTRY (1:1-13) |
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1: Baptist |
John the Baptist |
1-8 |
3:1 |
3:2 |
1:19 |
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Jesus' Baptism |
9-11 |
3:13 |
3:21 |
1:29 |
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Temptation |
12-13 |
4:1 |
4:1 |
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John the Baptist imprisoned |
14-15 |
4:12 |
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Call of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John |
16-20 |
4:18 |
5:1 |
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Demoniac healed on Sabbath |
21-28 |
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4:33 |
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Peter's wife's mother healed |
29-31 |
8:14 |
4:38 |
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Healing in Galilee |
32-34 |
8:16 |
4:40 |
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Preaching in Galilee |
35-39 |
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4:42 |
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Leper healed |
40-45 |
8:1 |
5:12 |
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2: Matthew |
Let down through roof |
1-12 |
9:1 |
5:17 |
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Matthew called |
13-17 |
9:9 |
5:27 |
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Fasting questions |
18-22 |
9:14 |
5:33 |
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Eating Grain on Sabbath |
23-28 |
12:1 |
6:1 |
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3: Twelve |
Withered hand healed on Sabbath |
1-6 |
12:9 |
6:6 |
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Fame of Jesus |
7-12 |
12:15 |
6:17 |
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Twelve apostles commissioned |
13-19 |
10:2 |
6:12 |
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Blasphemy of Holy Spirit |
20-30 |
12:22 |
11:14 |
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Family of Jesus |
31-35 |
12:46 |
8:19 |
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4: Parables |
Introduction to parables |
1-2 |
13:1 |
8:4 |
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Sower parable |
3-9 |
13:3 |
8:5 |
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Why speak in parables? |
10-12 |
13:10 |
8:9 |
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Sower Parable explained |
13-20 |
13:20 |
8:11 |
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Lamp parable |
21-23 |
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8:16 |
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Mustard seed |
30-32 |
13:31 |
13:19 |
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5: Healing |
Gadarene Demoniac |
1-20 |
8:28 |
8:26 |
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Jesus removes by boat to his own city |
9:1 |
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Jairus's Request |
22-24, |
9:18 |
8:41 |
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Woman with bleeding healed |
25-34 |
9:20 |
8:43 |
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Jairus's daughter healed |
35-43 |
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8:49 |
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6: beheaded |
Rejection at Nazareth |
1-6 |
13:53 |
4:16 |
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Twelve sent out |
7-13 |
10:1 |
9:1 |
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John Baptist beheaded |
14-29 |
14:1 |
9:7 |
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Five thousand fed |
30-46 |
14:13 |
9:10 |
6:1 |
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Walking on water |
47-56 |
14:24 |
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6:16 |
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7: Traditions |
Unwashed hands |
1-23 |
15:1 |
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Syrophoenician woman's daughter |
24-30 |
15:21 |
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Deaf-mute healed |
24-37 |
15:29 |
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8: Confession |
Four thousand fed |
1-9 |
15:32 |
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Sign demanded |
10-13 |
15:1 |
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Beware the Pharisees |
14-21 |
16:5 |
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Blind near Bethsaida |
22-26 |
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Peter's confession |
27-30 |
16:13 |
9:18 |
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Peter’s rebuke |
31-33 |
16:21 |
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Take up your cross |
34-38 |
16:24 |
9:23 |
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9: Transfigured |
See kingdom before death |
1-2 |
16:28 |
9:27 |
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Transfiguration – Jesus, Moses & Elijah |
2-13 |
17:1 |
9:28 |
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Demon possessed boy |
14-29 |
17:14 |
9:37 |
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Death prophesied |
30-32 |
17:22 |
9:43 |
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Who is greatest? Humility as child |
33-37 |
18:1 |
9:46 |
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Not against is for him |
38-40 |
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9:49 |
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Offenders into hell fire |
41-50 |
18:6 |
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V. PEREAN MINISTRY (10:1-52) |
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10: Divorce |
Divorce questions |
1-12 |
19:3 |
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Children blessed |
13-16 |
19:13 |
18:15 |
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Rich young ruler |
17-31 |
19:16 |
18:18 |
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Crucifixion foretold |
32-34 |
20:17 |
18:31 |
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Right & left hand |
35-45 |
20:20 |
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Blind men near Jericho |
46-52 |
20:29 |
18:35 |
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VI. CLOSING MINISTRY (11:1—14:72) |
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11: Triumph |
Triumphal Entry to Jerusalem |
1-11 |
21:1 |
19:29 |
12:12 |
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Fig tree cursed |
12-14 |
21:19 |
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Temple cleansed |
15 -19 |
21:12 |
19:45 |
2:13 |
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Fig tree withered |
20-25 |
21:20 |
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Temple confrontations (11:27—12:44) |
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Issue of authority |
27-33 |
21:23 |
20:1 |
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12: Traps |
Vineyard parable |
1-12 |
21:33 |
20:9 |
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Tribute? (Pharisees & Herodians) |
13-17 |
22:15 |
20:21 |
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Resurrection? (Sadducees) |
18-27 |
22:23 |
20:27 |
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Greatest Commandment? (scribes) |
28-34 |
22:34 |
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Whose Son is Christ? |
35-37 |
22:41 |
20:41 |
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Beware of scribes |
38-40 |
23:1 |
20:45 |
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Widow's mites |
41-44 |
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21:1 |
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13: Coming |
Mount of Olives Discourse: Jerusalem's destruction and His coming |
1-28 |
24:1 |
21:5 |
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When coming? –not known |
29-37 |
24:36 |
12:40 |
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14: Supper |
Plans to kill Jesus |
1-2 |
26:1 |
22:1 |
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Anointing Jesus at Bethany |
3-9 |
26:6 |
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12:1? |
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Judas's conspiracy |
10-11 |
26:14 |
22:3 |
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Passover supper -- Jerusalem |
12-26 |
26:17 |
22:7 |
13:1 |
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Farewell discourse |
27-31 |
26:31 |
22:31 |
13:36 |
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Garden of Gethsemane |
32-42 |
26:36 |
22:39 |
18:1 |
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Betrayal by Judas |
43-50 |
26:47 |
22:47 |
18:2 |
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The young man that fled naked |
51-53 |
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VII. TRIALS AND CRUCIFIXION |
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Trials—Annas and Caiaphas High Priests |
53-65 |
26:57 |
22:54 |
18:13 |
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Peter's Denial |
66 -72 |
26:69 |
22:55 |
18:25 |
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15: Crucifixion |
Trial—Pilate |
1-20 |
27:1 |
23:1 |
18:28 |
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Crucifixion |
21-41 |
27:32 |
23:26 |
19:16 |
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Burial |
42 -47 |
27:57 |
23:50 |
19:38 |
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16: Resurrection |
At the tomb |
1-8 |
28:1 |
24:1 |
20:1 |
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MARK’S QUESTIONED ENDING* |
9-20 |
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Mary Magdalene’s account to others |
9-10 |
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Appearance on way to Emmaus |
12-13 |
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24:13 |
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Appearance in Jerusalem |
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24:36 |
20:19 |
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Appearance to 11—Great Commission |
15-18 |
28:16 |
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Ascension. They went forth preaching |
19-20 |
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24:51 |
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*Note: Mark 16:9—20 is missing from some of the oldest manuscripts and in some cases it has a different ending or has notations indicating it is questioned. It appears that at some early stage a portion of the document was lost in some copies. Also Eusebius and Jerome indicated they thought Mark ended with verse 8.
In favor of its validity, it is found in all of the Uncial or earlier Greek manuscripts except Codex Vaticanus and the Codex Sinaiticus. The Alexandrian manuscript, one of the oldest, contains it. In some of the manuscripts where it is not found there is a space left indicating something is missing. It is found in all of the Cursive or later Greek manuscripts. It is found in all of the most ancient versions. Irenaeus, in the second century and others later writers quotes from it.
