- Describe/Recount Jesus’s arrest in the garden. What details stand out to you most?
- What is the only thing Jesus protested about during his arrest? How might his lack of resistance be a surprise to his disciples?
- Read Isaiah 50:6, Isaiah 53 & Zechariah 13:7, Mark 14:27. How were these scriptures fulfilled?
- Why would the author include the details in verses 51-52?
- After his arrest, Jesus first endured a religious trial. What are the repeated words or phrases you observe in verses 53-65?
- What difficulty did the religious leaders run into during their religious trial of Jesus?
- What were the requirements as stated by the law for believable testimony? (Read Deuteronomy 17:6, 19:15)
- How did the chief priest circumvent the law’s requirements?
- Define the word blasphemy. What was required by Mosaic law as punishment for blasphemy? (See Lev. 24:15-16)
- When asked, Jesus testified that he was the Messiah. Review Mark chapter 1:1-15. What witnesses testify to Jesus’ testimony being true?
- Compare and contrast Judas’s betrayal of Jesus with Peter’s denial of Jesus. What was the outcome of each man and why?
- What did Peter remember when the rooster crowd the second time and what does this teach us about the power of knowing and remembering God’s words?
- Compare and contrast Jesus and Peter as they are enduring two parallel courtrooms (Jesus’s religious trial & Peter’s trial outside by his peers).
- What opportunities did Peter miss out on by denying Jesus?
- How does this passage support that Jesus is a friend of sinners?
Application:
- In what ways have I acted like Judas, the religious authorities, and Peter?
- How has Jesus been a friend to me?
- How will I know if I am truly repentant or just remorseful when confronted by my own sin and the consequences of that sin?
- Who needs to hear me bear true witness to Jesus as his follower today? What is the next steps to take to make sure that happens?
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