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Mark 14:1
- 15:47
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
| The
Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto. |
| Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
Devotion and Praise. |
| Comparative texts about Sin and Justice from the
Mishnah & Babylonian Talmud; primary comparative texts about Food & Fellowship (including
"the blessing of meals"), at (Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H.
Smith's Into His Own: Perspective
on the World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts. |
|
"Crucifixion of Jesus,"
"Supper & Eucharist,"
"Peter's Betrayal Foretold,"
"Temple and Jesus,"
"Jesus' Baptisms," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
| Insurrection in the
City under Pilate: New Testament Parallels to the Works of Josephus. From G.J.
Goldberg's Flavius Josephus Home Page.
(Some of these "parallels" are speculative.) |
| Chapter VII, The
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians, Polycarp of Smyrna (c 115). |
| The Gospel According to Peter |
| XXXIX.3, 7,
12-14, 16-17; XLI.31-32; XLIV.8, 10, 36,
39-40, 45-46, 48; XLV.12-14, 27-28;
XLVIII.8-10,
12, 14, 20-21, 23, 45-46, 52; XLIX.8, 14, 17,
22, 24-27, 29, 37, 39-41, 43; L.15, 26-27, 32,
37; LI.15,
17, 26-27, 36, 53; LII.3, 21-24,
27-30, 36; Tatian's Diatessaron
(c. 150-160). |
| II.XX.5, Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
| Chapter VIII,
Chapter X,
Chapter XIII,
Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c.
198) |
| Chapter
XIX, On Baptism, Tertullian
(c. 198) |
| Chapter
VIII, On Prayer, Tertullian
(c. 199) |
| Chapter XXX,
The Prescription of Heretics, Tertullian (c.
200) |
| Chapter
XI, On Modesty, Tertullian
(c. 217) |
| X.21, Commentary
on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St. Basil and St.
Gregory Nazianzen], Origen.
(c.230) |
| XI.9, XII.24, XIV.14, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247) |
| On the
Lord's Prayer -- Cyprian
of Carthage (c. 252) |
| II.23, Ecclesiastical
History, Eusebius of Caesarea, (c. 320). |
| "On the Sinful Woman who
Anointed Christ's Feet," by Ephraim of Syria (4th century). |
| From the
Catena
Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
Chapter
15 |
| From the Geneva Notes.
Chapter 15 |
| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
Chapter 15 |
| From Wesley's Notes.
Chapter
15 |
| Numbered
with the Transgressors, from The Poor Man's Portions, Robert Hawker,
c. 1800. |
| And
Pilate Marvelled, from The Poor Man's Portions, Robert Hawker, c.
1800. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
Chapter 15 |
| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891. Chapter 15 |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
|
A Brief Commentary on the
Gospel of Mark,
Chapter 14 /
Chapter 15, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers
for commentary.) |
|
Chapter 14,
Chapter 15,
Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a
complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the
historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the
Gospel of Mark." |
|
Gospel Analysis, Sermons from
Seattle, Mark's Gospel and Parallels Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. Detailed background and exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary:
Passion Sunday," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting
Church in Australia.
 | "The killing of Jesus, however
incidental to the tasks of governance for the Roman and Jewish
authorities, masks the worst in human brutality. Regimes do this to people
in the name of all kinds of claims to common good and, not least, to the
furtherance of peace. People do this to people, when anger and fear
conspire to suppress love and goodness. We all do it. Mark's is an 'in
your face' account of the killing of love." |
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Exegesis,
Palm/Passion Sunday B,
by Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.
| "Mark tells us that Joseph goes boldly to Pilate to
request the body for burial. Such a person has power that is derived from
the respect that people have for his reputation. It takes a great deal to
establish such a reputation, but very little to compromise it. Joseph
risks such compromise by going to Pilate with a request to bury a man
convicted of treason." |
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|
"Liberation," Passion
Sunday, Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This
Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity, Support
Materials.
| "When was the last time you truly felt free? What did
you do to deserve this feeling?" |
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Mark 14:3-9 and the Ordination of Women, The
Ministry of Women: Texts for the Celebration, Kristine Carlson,
Texts in Context, Word & World,
Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1995. |
|
"Be
Amazed! This 'Substance' Has Become My Body," (Mark 14)
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "In this blessing in that one room; a
new covenant set us free; not from Rome – but from our own hatred and
anger. It was a freedom from captivity to sin; a freedom greater than
any power on earth." |
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"Truly
This Was the Son of God," (Mark 15)
Jerry Goebel, One
Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study
and activities.
| "We can be assured, that although he
might have called many men exemplary or weak, he would never have called
a man; ‘the Son of God.’ And, above all, we must be amazed that the
Centurion would give that awesome title to a criminal on the cross." |
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"Judas
as Patron Saint," Ronald Goetz, The Christian Century,
1987. At Religion Online.
| "Judas’ attitudes parallel
our own. We are so caught within the iron vise of our secular,
materialistic, hedonistic perspectives that the God of Jesus is like
an illicit mistress or lover whom we, like Judas, kiss in the
dark." |
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"Prayer from Gethsemane," commentary by Ronald Goetz, The Christian
Century, 1978. At Religion Online.
| "Jesus’ anguish on the cross was more
than pain. His rejection by humanity and God called everything into
question." |
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| Commentary by Donald Senior, C.P.:
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| Exegetical
Notes by Brian Stoffregen
| "In Mark the disciples are
presented in a more negative light than the in the other gospels. At
the same time, Mark has a greater emphasis on unconditional grace." |
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|
"The Anointing," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
| "The
Gospel of Mark from Beginning to End," James T. Dennison Jr. in
Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
| "Mark
begins and ends his gospel with schism-a division, a parting, a
rending-the schism of the heavens (chapter 1: 10); the schism of the
veil in the temple (chapter 15:38)." |
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| "The
Clothes We Wear," analysis and reflection by Bruce T. Martin in
Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community of St Louis.
| "Those who have Death behind
them are now free to follow Jesus to the littler crosses, free to
love -- even our crucifiers." |
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| "The
Unnamed Woman and Jesus," James T. Dennison, Jr., in Kerux:
The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
| "And so it is that the unnamed
woman in chapter 14 becomes the first in a parade of loyal minor
actors in Mark's passion narrative." |
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|
"Reflection on the Eucharist,"
Corpus Christi B, Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's
Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
| "Discuss your experiences of divine intimacy at
Eucharist. What impact have these experiences had on your life?" |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Mark 14,"
"Mark 15,"
"Plot to Kill Jesus - Judas,"
"A Woman Anointed
Jesus," "Last
Supper,"
"Peter's Denial,"
"Arrest,"
"Before the
High Priest,"
"Before Pilate,"
"Crucifixion," wikipedia. |
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"Crucifixion
as Parodic Exaltation," Joel Marcus, Journal of Biblical Literature,
2006. (Issue is one large .pdf file.) |
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"Jesus and the
Bandits," Daniel P. Schrock, Windows to the World of Jesus: Studies
of Mark's Gospel. (Continue to click on "next" at bottom of the page for
Class 11 to work through the material.) |
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"Jesus and
Crucifixion," Daniel P. Schrock, Windows to the World of Jesus:
Studies of Mark's Gospel. (Continue to click on "next" at bottom of the
page for Class 12 to work through the material.) |
| "'It
Was Out of Envy That They Handed Jesus Over' (Mark 15:10): The Anatomy of Envy and the
Gospel of Mark." Anselm C. Hagedorn and Jerome H. Neyrey, Journal for the
Study of the New Testament 69 (1998):15-56.
| "Mark, we contend, knew as only natives knew the full
social dynamic of honor and envy. His hero was crucified in shame, which demands an
explanation; and he offers us a culturally plausible one narrating how Pilate
"perceived that it was out of envy that they handed Jesus over"
(15:10)." |
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"Where
Are the Quotations? Citation-less Introductory Formulae in the Gospel of
Mark," Emerson B. Powery, Journal of Biblical Studies, 2004.
| "The argument of this paper is that
such apparent ambiguity—that is, the omission of any precursor text—is
intentional in the Gospel of Mark to highlight a broader claim that the
whole of scripture, and not any one biblical text in particular, receives
fulfillment in the activities of Jesus’ life." |
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| Tae Hun Kim, "The
Anarthrous ui(o\j qeou= in Mark 15,39 and the Roman Imperial Cult," Biblica
Vol. 79(1998) 222-241.Abstract.
| "Although it is difficult to
ascribe the whole of Markan christology to only two verses, I argue
that 1,1 and 15,39 are quintessential statements of Mark’s
christology that must have challenged Markan readers to reconsider
who the real "Son of God" was to them." |
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"Jesus' Eating, Transgressions and Social Impropriety in the Gospel of Mark:
A Social Scientific Approach," Dietmar Neufeld, Biblical Theology
Bulletin, 2000.
| "Food events provide an opportunity for Mark to portray
Jesus in fierce debate with the religious elite from which he emerges an
honorable man but for which he is eventually executed. Eating and food are
occasions for Mark to present Jesus, not only as popular hero, but also as
subversive sage." |
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| M.J. Haren, "The Naked Young Man: A
Historian's Hypothesis on Mark 14:51-52," Biblica 79 (1998) 525-531.
Abstract.
| "...in the sources for the
Passion there is only one figure besides Jesus who was the object of
a projected arrest by the authorities and one figure besides Jesus
on whom an arrest is known to have been actually attempted." |
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| "Mark
15,39 and the So-Called Confession of the Roman Centurion,"
E.S. Johnson, Biblica 81 (2000).
| "Continuing examination of the
grammatical, literary and historical evidence indicates that the
centurion's remarks about Jesus in Mark 15,39 cannot be understood
as a full Christian confession of Jesus' divine sonship, and cannot
be taken as a direct challenge to any Roman emperor in
particular." |
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"A
Socio-Rhetorical Analysis of Simon of Cyrene: Mark 15:21 and Its Parallels,"
Brian K. Blount, Semeia 64: The Rhetoric of Pronouncement, 1993. |
| "Burying
the Dead in Simple White Shrouds," by Anita Diamont, at Jewish Heritage Online
Magazine's Topic of the Month: Colors.
| "The
traditional clothing for burying the dead are tahrihim,
simple white shrouds. Their use dates back to Rabbi Simeon ben
Gamliel II, who, in the second century CE, asked to be buried in
inexpensive linen garments. According to the Talmud, Rabban Gamliel
observed that the custom of dressing the deceased in expensive
clothing put such a terrible burden on the relatives of the
deceased, that they would "abandon the body and
run."" |
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| A number of examples of socio-rhetorical interpretations of Mark 15 - 16, from
"Examples
of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation in Mark," at Dr. Vernon K. Robbins' Encyclopedia
of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation. |
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"The Reversed Contextualization of Psalm 22 in the Markan Crucifixion: A
Socio-Rhetorical Analysis," Vernon K. Robbins, The Four Gospels 1992:
A Festschrift in Honour of Frans Neirynck. |
| Discussions of Mark 14:3, Mark 14:67 and Mark 14:72 at the
B-Greek Archive. |
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|
Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Achtemeier, Paul J.,
"Enigmatic Bible Passages: It's the Little Things that Count,"
Biblical Archaeologist, 1983. |
| Beavis, Mary Ann,
"The Trial before the Sanhedrin (Mark 14:53-65): Reader Response and
Greco-Roman Readers," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1987. |
| Berg, Laurna L.,
"The Illegalities of Jesus' Religious and Civil Trials,"
Bibliotheca Sacra, 2004. |
| Brown, Raymond E.,
"The Burial of Jesus,"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1988. |
| Brown, Raymond E.,
"The Passion According to Mark," Worship, 1985. |
| Brumberg-Kraus,
Jonathan,
"'Not by Bread Alone...': The Ritualization of Food and Table Talk in the
Passover Seder and in the Last Supper," Semeia, 1999. |
| Campbell, William
Sanger,
"Engagement, Disengagement and Obstruction: Jesus' Defense Strategies in
Mark's Trial and Execution Scenes," Journal for the Study of the
New Testament, 2004. |
| Chance, J.
Bradley, "The Cursing of the Temple and the Tearing of the Veil in the
Gospel of Mark," Biblical Interpretation, 2007.
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| Collins, Adela
Yarbro, "Mark and His Readers: The Son of God among Greeks and Romans,"
Harvard Theological Review, 2000.
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| Collins, Adela
Yarbro, "Mark and His Readers: The Son of God among Jews," Harvard
Theological Review, 1999.
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| Collins, Adela
Yarbro,
"The Charge of Blasphemy in Mark 14.64,"
Journal for the Study of
the New Testament, 2004. |
| Dewey, Joanna,
"Women in the Gospel of Mark," Word & World, 2006. (Section on
this text begins on page 26.) |
| Dowd, Sharyn and
Elizabeth Struthers Malbon,
"The Significance of Jesus' Death in Mark: Narrative Context and Authorial
Audience," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2006. |
| Fredrickson, David
E.,
"Nature's Lament for Jesus," Word & World, 2006. |
| Green, Joel B.,
"The Death of Jesus and the Ways of God: Jesus and the Gospels on
Messianic Status and Shameful Suffering," Interpretation, 1998. |
| Gurtner, Daniel M.,
"LXX Syntax and the Identity of the NT Veil," Novum Testamentum,
2005. |
| Gurtner, Daniel
M., "The Rending of the Veil and Markan Christology: 'Unveiling' the
'UIOS THEOU (Mark 15:38-39)," Biblical Interpretation, 2007.
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| Hoffman, Kathryn
Vitalis, and Mark Vitalis Hoffman,
"Texts in Context: Question Marks and Turning Points: Following the
Gospel of Mark to Surprising Places," Word & World, 2006. |
| Kiley, Mark,
"'Lord, Save My Life' (Ps 116:4) as Generative Text for Jesus' Gethsemane
Prayer (Mark 14:36a)," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1986. |
| Koskenniemi, Erkki,
Kirsi Nisula and Jorma Toppari,
"Wine Mixed with Myrrh (Mark 15.23) and Crurifragium (John
19.31-32): Two Details of the Passion Narratives," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 2005. |
| Magness, Jodi,
"Ossuaries and the Burials of Jesus and James," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2005. |
| Meggitt, Justin J., "The Madness of
King Jesus: Why was Jesus Put to Death, but his Followers were not?"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2007.
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| Plummer, Robert L., "Temple Veil and
Early Jewish Sources that Report Unusual Phenomena in the Temple around
AD 30," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2005.
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| Powell, Mark Allan, "Echoes of Jonah
in the New Testament," Word & World, 2007.
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| Read, David H.C.,
"Communicating Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996.
(see
Joy issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 5.4, 1996.) |
| Reid, Barbara E.,
O.P.,
"Telling Mark's Story of the Passion," Currents in Theology and
Mission, 2006. |
| Ross, J.M.,
"Further Unnoticed Points in the Text of the New Testament," Novum
Testamentum, 2003. (Section on Mark 14:45 begins on page 213.) |
| Shiner, Whitney T.,
"The Ambiguous Pronouncement of the Centurion and the Shrouding of Meaning
in Mark," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2000. |
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Syreeni, Kari,
"In Memory of Jesus; Grief Work in the Gospels,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2004. |
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Whitters, Mark F., "Why Did the
Bystanders Think Jesus Called upon Elijah before He Died (Mark
15:34-36)? The Markan Position,"
Harvard Theological Review,
2002.
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| Reviews:
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Review: Darrell L. Bock,
Blasphemy and Exaltation in Judaism: The
Charge Against Jesus in Mark 14:53-65. Baker Books, 2000. Review by
Craig A. Evans in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature. |
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Review: Cosimo Pagliara, La figura di
Elia nel vangelo di Marco: Aspetti semantici e funzionali.
Pontificia Universia Gregoriana, 2003. Review by Edward L Bode
in
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2004. (Review is in
English.) |
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| Sermons:
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"In
Christ, Suffering Is a Healing and a Cure," Jason Reed,
from
2006 Lenten Sermon Series celebrating the 100th anniversary of Dietrich
Bonhoeffer's birth, Goettinger Predigten: Every Sunday Sermons based on the
RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors. Texts for the sermons are
supported by background writings from Bonhoeffer's Letters and Papers from
Prison. |
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"The Vulnerability of
Love," the Rev. Dr. Laura Mendenhall, Day 1,
2000. |
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"Holy
Waste," (Mark 14:3-9), Paul Tillich. From The New Being (1955), at Religion OnLine.
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|
The Seven Last Words Sermon Series, Pastor Edward F.
Markquart, Sermons from Seattle:
Golgotha,
Father Forgive Them For They Know Not What They Do,
Today You Will Be With Me In Paradise,
Here is Your Son - Here is Your Mother,
My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
I
Thirst,
It Is Finished,
Father, Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit,
The Seven Last Words. |
| "All
True," Rev Mary Susan Gast, Northern California Nevada
Conference Minister of the United Church of Christ. PSR Chapel Sermons.
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"The Rhythm
of Grace," The Rev. Dr. Thomas Boomershine,
30 Good
Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club.
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"In Memory of Her,"
Dr. Richard Ward, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 2002. |
|
Father
Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and
Homily, Corpus Christi, 2003. |
| Ray C. Stedman's Exegetical Sermons:
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| With Children:
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"Mary Shows Her Love for Jesus,"
"The Last
Supper,"
"The Garden of
Gethsemane,"
"The
Crucifixion," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Veil of the Temple,"
"Gethsemane,"
Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com. |
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"Tommie, the Lonely Hockey Player,"
"Corpus Christi,"
children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com. |
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"Mary Puts Lotion
on Jesus' Feet,"
"Peter Hears a
Rooster Crow,"
"Pilate
Calls Jesus King," Sunday School
Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc. |
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| Drama:
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| Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
| Holy Week
(+ Easter) Clip Art (Free), United Methodist
Church General Board of Global Ministries. |
|
Mark 14:12-16, 22-26,
Mark 15:1-39, Liturgical Drawing,
Maria d.c. Zamora,
Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use
these for free.") |
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Clip Art:
Jesus Anointed by Sinful Woman, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission
Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. |
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