Mark's Gospel Mind Map

John the Baptist

John the Baptist was Jesus' cousin and prepared people for Jesus. He also was the man who baptised Jesus in the Jordan River and this event was the first chapter in the Gospel of Mark.

Synoptic

Synoptic means similar to and the Gospel of Mark is similar to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke as they were based on Mark's Gospel and other sources.

Diagram of Synoptic Gospels

John Mark

Jerusalem

John Mark was the original scribe for the Gospel of Mark and was the secretary to Peter. He also was the first out of the four to write about Jesus' life.

In the Gospel of Mark, Jerusalem is the place where Jesus returned at Palm Sunday where he was greeted by mass amounts of people.

Depiction of John Mark

Jerusalem today

Son of God

Jesus was first referred written as the Son of God by Mark when talking about him in his Gospel scripture.

Pharisees

Jesus

Pharisees were the law experts and commanded by the rules from the Torah. They only associated with each other and other people with a high level of faith.

Scene from the movie 'Son of God'

Jesus is at the center of the mind map as he is the main subject in John Mark's Gospel. The stories include Jesus being baptised by John the Baptist, Jesus telling Parables and other significant times in his life.

Physical Miracles

Depiction of a Pharisee

Most of Jesus' physical miracles (physical healing) took place in Jerusalem and Capernaum. This included Jesus healing the blind, mute and deaf.

Messianic Secret

Bandaged wound

Portrait of Jesus

The Messianic Secret was the secret between Jesus and the disciples about keeping his work a secret to others.

Written version of the Messianic Secret

Capernaum

Capernaum was the area where Jesus had taught in synagogues to people who wanted to learn about Jesus' ways of living their life.

Capernaum today

Plot

Preaching

With the help of his disciples, Jesus was able to spread his message to the public without revealing too much about his agenda.

Resurrection

The plot in the Gospel of Mark is mainly about Jesus' Adult life from his baptism to before his resurrection.

Jesus preaching

Discipleship

Natural Miracles

Jesus' resurrection into heaven took place after his suffering as his work on earth had been completed so he went up to God.

Most of Jesus' natural miracles (natural healing) took place in Galilee. This included Jesus multiplying the bread and fish for the 5000.

Galilee

Jesus rising up to Heaven

The Disciples were there to help Jesus on his journey and to keep his purpose quiet and a secret especially from the pharisees.

Artwork of Jesus feeding the 5000

The opening page of the Gospel of Mark from the Bible

In the Gospel of Mark, Galilee is the place where Jesus' public ministry took place and also spoke of his parables around there.

Suffering

Painting of the Disciples

Jesus' suffering was a part of the plot as he had to go through those events as planned to free sin from the world.

Galilee today

Demon

Parables

Jesus taught a lot of messages to the public through the use of parables including ones such as the Prodigal Son and the Sower.

Whilst Jesus was suffering he was being taunted by the demon as well as during the 40 days in the desert. The demon would do this to stop Jesus from completing his mission.

Jesus suffering

Depiction of a Demon

Artwork of Jesus preaching Parables

Mark's Gospel Mind Map

By Luke Baz 10 A/MJB