Jesus' Trial
Questions for Study 30

Mark 14:53-15:15
Memory Verse: 14:62

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I. Before the Sanhedrin (53-65)

1. Who did the crowd take Jesus to (53)? Why (11:18; 14:10,11,55a)? How did they try to reach their goal (55b)? What problem did they have in finding evidence against Jesus (56)? What specific charge was made against Jesus (57-58)? How was this charge false (59)? Why (John 2:19-21)?

2. Why did Jesus remain silent during all the false accusations (60,61a)? When asked about his identity, who did Jesus say he is (61-62a)? What does this mean to you and me? What did he say he would do (62b)? Why did he say this?

3. How did the high priest and the other Jewish leaders react to Jesus' testimony about himself (63)? How did they reach their goal (64)? What did they do to Jesus (65)? In what way are they in contrast to Jesus?

II. Peter Disowns Jesus (66-72)

4. After Jesus' arrest, what did Peter do (54)? What does this show about his attitude and spiritual condition?

5. How did Peter come to disown Jesus the first time (66-68)? Why? How did he deny Jesus the 2nd and 3rd time (69-71)? What does losing control of himself show about him?

6. What was the significance of the rooster's crow (72a,30)? What effect did this have on Peter (72b)?

III. Jesus Before Pilate (15:1-15)

7. Who was Pilate (15:1)? How did he coincide with the chief priest's plans for Jesus? Why did they change the charge against Jesus (2)? Why did Jesus affirm this charge (3)? What did it mean to him to be King of the Jews?

8. How did Jesus amaze Pilate (3-5)? How did Pilate find a way to release Jesus (6-9)? Why (10)? Why did he fail (11)? Why did he do what he knew was not right (15)? Was Pilate wrong?

9. When asked what did the crowd say to do with Jesus (12,13)? When asked why what did they say (14)? Was the crowd wrong? How did the chief priests, Pilate, and the crowd coincide with God's plan for Jesus?