Footnotes and Witness

715 Mark Chapter 12


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Hopefully you are able to spend some time doing all the inductive study methods with his chapter, it is worth it! Here are the section titles laid out:

  1. parable of the tenets.          cautionary tale 
  2. taxes.                                      pharisees/herodians
  3. resurrection                           sadducees
  4. greatest commandment.   law
  5. Christ, son and Lord?           prophecy and interpretation 
  6. warning of idolatry.              scribes
  7. widow's offering.                  encouraging tale


Sadducees and Pharisees  

  • S- strict interpretation 
    • very literal
    • politically savvy and involved
    • Sanhedrin participant
    • reject ideas of unseen (heaven, hell, spiritual world)
  • P- oral interpretation
    • importance of tradition 
    • over time interpretation is equal to the law
    • Sanhedrin participant 
    • accepted ideas of unseen 
  • Resources:
  • s vs p article: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/pharisees-sadducees-and-essenes


Law of marrying your brother in law: Deuteronomy 25:5-6
Blue Letter Bible Commentary: https://www.blueletterbible.org/comm/guzik_david/study-guide/mark/mark-12.cfm?a=969001
my website: https://www.deborahjmckenzie.com/

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Footnotes and WitnessBy Deborah J McKenzie