Mallary Malwick

Amber, I actually had the same question. I also wondered if the “dust your shoes” had ever been used before. Is this a common practice that would have been recognizable to other people or was this som...

That is interesting and makes sense for sure. Thank you for sharing.

So many parts of this passage have always had me wondering what exactly Jesus meant. What do you think he was saying when he says “For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But w...

So interesting!

I loved going through Mark at such a slow pace! Also, I think it seems a little random and very specific that he tells the disciples that those who believe will “pick up snakes in their bare hands.” W...

So interesting, Jimmy. It makes sense that Jesus would be too weak to carry a heavy cross that long distance. I am still amazed that he even survived the beating. Also, so many mocking him. What an em...

This is so interesting and incredibly sad. I did not realize that pilot was known for being so cruel.

Do we know anything about Pilate after this? His wife had a dream about Jesus and warned him not to get involved and in yesterday’s text is says that he knew that Jesus wasn’t guilty of anything but t...

I had the same thoughts, Amber. I get how hard it can be to stay awake too BUT… Jesus’s words were “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert.” I think (hope) ...

I honestly don’t know. His role had to take place which makes me feel a little sorry for him. No one wants that role in history. I wonder if it’s a situation like Pharaoh, where God hardened his heart...

Every time I read this passage, I am always drawn to Judas. What must he have been thinking? What must have been going on in his heart?

I think it is interesting that the one specific thing that is mentioned about praying is that we are to start with forgiving others. I think it must be a way to prepare our hearts for meeting/talking ...

Any idea who Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus was? It’s not very often that one of the people healed is specifically named. Usually it’s “the lame man” or “the blind man”.

True. Maybe they didn’t like it especially since he went to the extra effort of spitting on his eyes and touching his eyes which doesn’t seem to be a practice that he did often (at least not mentioned...

Are there other places in scripture besides this one with the blind man that it takes Jesus a couple of attempts to fully heal someone? It’s interesting to me that it takes him a couple tries when we ...

That is a great point. Thank you.

Could any of this clean/unclean food conversation be a foreshadowing of Peter’s vision where God tell him “do not make anything impure that God has made clean”?

Exactly! 😊

That is great info. I also kind of wondered if it had anything to do with the 12 disciples. They doubted/questioned feeding the crowd and it almost seemed like a left over basket for each of them.

Such a great story!!! Any significance of 12 baskets full left over?

This is so interesting. I love that even though her gain was his loss, Jesus isn’t contained by the boundaries of time. They both are healed/ redeemed; they both actually gain. Thank you for sharing!

It is so interesting to me that Jesus healed the demon possessed man and told him to share the news with his friends and family and he healed the woman with bleeding publicly. However, the young girl ...

These two stuck out to me too, Travis. Even on this side of Jesus’s life, death and resurrection, these passages seem cryptic/confusing. I can’t imagine how they must have felt to those who were prese...

What is the significance of Jesus renaming Simon, James and John? Why “sons of thunder”? Why not all of the disciples?