Mark 8:11-30: Watch Out For the Yeast of the Pharisees

(1) Bible Study Questions

1. Who does Jesus warn the disciples about? (v. 15)

2. What is it about the Pharisees and Herod that requires a warning? (Mark 7:6-8, 8:11-13)

3. What is the yeast of the Pharisees and Herod? (Mark 8:15, cf. Matt 16:12; Mark 8:11-13)

4. Why is yeast an appropriate image? (cf. Luke 13:20-21; 1 Cor 5:6-8)

5. What do the disciples think that Jesus is talking about? (vv. 14, 17)

6. What should the disciples have learnt from the loaves? (Mark 6:51-52, 8:17-21)

7. What was the disciples’ problem? Defective memory?

8. How are we like the disciples? How are we like the Pharisees and Herod? How do we need to change?

9. How was this man's restoration different to others? (cf. e.g. Mark 7:35)

10. Why do you think Jesus healed the man in this way? (cf. vv. 18 and 24)