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Outline of Mark

1:1-15  The Prologue: Introduction to Jesus and the Kingdom

1:16-3:6 Pt 1: The Kingdom Goes Public - Disciples, Crowds, Opposition  
    1:16-45 The Disciples and the Crowds
    2:1-3:6 The Opposition

(In Part 1, Jesus goes public with the announcement of the kingdom. With rapid-fire action he calls disciples, drives out demons, heals the sick, and announces that all of this has to do with the coming of God's rule; in the process he draws amazement from the crowds and opposition from the religious and political establishment, who early on plot his death.)

3:7-8:21 Pt 2: The Mystery of the Kingdom - Faith, Misunderstanding, hard hearts
    3:7-4:34  Presenting the Mystery of the Kingdom
    4:35-6:6a The Kingdom Present in Power: The Blindness of the World
    6:6b-8:21 The Kingdom Extends to Gentiles: The Blindness of the Disciples

(In Part 2, it develops the role of the three significant groups. Jesus' miracles and teaching are sources of constant amazement to the crowds; the disciples receive private instruction (4:13,34) and join in the proclamation (6:7-13), but are slow to understand (8:14-27; cf. 6:52); the opposition continues to mount. (7:1-23; 8:11-13))

8:22-10:45 Pt 3: The Mystery Unveiled - The Cross and the Way of Discipleship
    8:22-9:29  The First Passion Prediction and Its Aftermath
    9:30-10:31 The Second Passion Prediction and Its Aftermath
    10:32-45   The Third Passion Prediction and Its Aftermath

(In Part 3, Jesus directs his attention primarily to the disciples. Three times he explains the nature of his kingship-and hence of discipleship (8:34-38)-as going the way of the cross (as Isaiah's suffering servant; Mark 10:45), and three times the disciples completely miss it.)

10:46-15:47 Pt 4: The King Comes to Jerusalem to Die
    10:46-13:27 The King Comes to Jerusalem: The House is Divided
    14:1-15:47  The King Is Crucified

(In Part 4, it brings the story to its climax. The king enters Jerusalem and the crowds go wild with excitement, but in the end the opposition has its day. Jesus is puton trial, found guilty, and turned over to the Romans for execution on a cross-as "the king of the Jews"(15:2).)

16:1-8 The Epilogue: The Story is Not Over

(A brief epilogue reminds Mark's readers that"[Jesus] has risen!"

 

 

Things to consider while reading Mark

How is Jesus?

Jesus' Messiahship
  1) Jesus is the kingly Messiah
  2) Jesus is God's suffering servant
  3) Jesus keeps his identity secret

Messianic secret, mystery of the kingdom of God
( The expected coming king knew he was destined to suffer for the sake of the peole. What no one expects is for God's king to be impaled on a cross. But Jesus knows-and he silences all messianic fervor, lest it thwart the divine plan that leads to the cross. When the disples are clued in to the "mystery," even they fail to get it(8:27-33); they are like the blind man who has to be touched twice (8:22-26; in their case, by Jesus' resurrection.)
  1) The demons, who recognize him, are silenced (1:25, 34;3:11-12)
  2) The crowds to whom the King comes with compassion are told not to tell anyone about his miracles (1:44; 5:43; 7:36; 8:26)
  3) When finally confessed as Messiah by the disciples, he tells them to tell no one (8:30).

Way of discipleship
Indeed, the first instruction on discipleship (8:34), which calls for cross bearing, appears only after the first disclosure to the disciples of Jesus' own impending dath (v. 31)

New Exodus of Isaiah (35; 40-55): return from Babylonian exile
  1) Jesus as second Israel in kingly suffering Messiah feature
Jesus steps into the role of Israel (through the water and testing in the desert).
  2) Gathering of Gentile nations
The long-awaited Deliverer has now come, but contrary to common expectations, he has come to suffer for the people in order to lead them from exile into the final promised land (Mark 13)