1.     RECOGNISE LAW AND ORDER

as in the Gospel of Mark

Section D

THE POWER OF ONE IS BASED UPON COPING

                                                                                                            Mark 10:31-16:8

 

 

Paragraph sequence

goes forward

 

Paragraph "Hooks" set these paragraphs out into a Concentric circle of Pairs

 

The "hooks" are persons responding to Jesus

 

 

Paragraph sequence

comes backwards

 

1

ones following afraid

women flee afraid

1

2

James & John ask about "place" ofhonour

Angel says

"behold the place"

2

3

Bartimaeus asks to see

Joseph of Arimathaea asks for body

3

4

Crowd deny title

"Son of David"

Crowd deny title

"King of the Jews"

4

5

colt

to carry Jesus

Simon of Cyrene

to carry Jesus' cross

 

5

6

Salutation

"Hosanna in the highest"

Salutation

"Hail King of the Jews"

6

7

"by whose authority?"

"king of the Jews"

7

8

argument re after-life

young man in nightshirt

(c/f shroud)

8

9

re role of Caesar

ursurping role of Caesar

 

9

10

Individual &corporate love

individual & corporatebetrayal

10

11

crowd favours

crowd condemns

11

12

support re

Peter, James & John

support re

Peter, James & John

12

13

priests plan to kill

Judas plans to kill

13

14

woman anoints Jesus

14

 

 

The paragraph "pairs" generally have similar subject matter.  Often the one paragraph offers an obvious commentary on the other.