Lesson 16 Ministry of Jesus

 Lesson 16 

Ministry of Jesus (I)

Reading Portion : Mark 1:14 - 2:17,  Luke 4: 14-44

Memory Verse: Luke 4: 18,19

Introduction: Jesus comes to the scene after a quiet life of 30 years. He prepares himself by taking baptism and the anointment of the Holy Spirit. He claimed complete victory over his temptations. For the next three and a half years, he moved around by doing God's will and wish!

Area of Operation:  The areas where Jesus did his ministry were the parts of Palestine, Galilee, Samaria, Judea, Syria, Decapolis. 

1. Possible location of the Transfiguration (Matthew 16:1-13); Jesus heals the epileptic child (Matthew 17:14-21; Mark 9:17-29; Luke 9:37-43)

2. Jesus heals the Canaanite woman's daughter (Matthew 15:21-28; Mark 7:24-30)

3. Site where Peter says Jesus is the Messiah (Matthew 16:13-20)

4. Jesus changes water to wine (John 2:1-11); Jesus heals the royal official's son (John 4:46-54)

5. Jesus calms the stormy sea (Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25)

6. Possible location where Jesus feeds 5000 people by multiplying five loaves of bread and two fishes (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:35-44; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:5-14); Jesus heals the sick (Matthew 14:34-36; Mark 6:53-56)

7. Jesus pronounces judgment on Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum (Matthew 11:20-24); Possible location of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)

8. Large catch of fish (Luke 5:1-11); Jesus heals a demon possessed man (Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:33-37); Possible location of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7); Jesus heals Simon's mother in law (Matthew 8:14-15; Mark 1:29-31; Luke 4:38-39); Jesus heals the sick during the evening (Matthew 8:16; Mark 1:32; Luke 4:40-41); Jesus heals a centurion's servant (Matthew 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10); Jesus heals a paralytic (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:18-26); Jesus heals a woman with internal bleeding (Matthew 9:20-22; Mark 5:25-34; Luke 8:43-48); Jesus heals Jairus' daughter (Matthew 9:18-19,23-25; Mark 5:22-24,35-43; Luke 8:41-42,49-56); Jesus heals two blind men (Matthew 9:27-31); Jesus heals a mute person (Matthew 9:32-34); Jesus heals a man with a withered hand (Matthew 12:9-14; Mark 3:1-6); Jesus accused of healing by Beelzebub (Matthew 12:22-32)

9. Possible location where Jesus feeds 5000 people by multiplying five loaves of bread and two fishes (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:35-44; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:5-14); Jesus heals a blind man (Mark 8:22-26); Jesus walks on water (Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-52; John 6:16-21)

10. Jesus casts out a demon from a man who lived in a cemetery (Matthew 8:28 - 9:1; Mark 5:1-13; Luke 8:26-33)

Acts 10:38  - God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.

11. Jesus' hometown (Matthew 2:19-23); Jesus rejected by His townspeople (Matthew 13:54-58)

12. Jesus raises a widow's son (Luke 7:11-17)

13. Jesus heals ten lepers (Luke 17:11-19)

14. Jesus heals many and feeds 4000 men and their families by multiplying seven loaves of bread and some fishes (Matthew 15:29-39; Mark 8:1-10)

15. Jesus teaches on marriage (Matthew 19:1-12); Jesus heals a crippled woman (Luke 13:10-13); Jesus heals a man with dropsy (Luke 14:1-6)

16. Jesus speaks with the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:1-42)

17. Jesus heals a blind man (Matthew 20:29-34)

18. Jesus speaks with Nicodemus (John 3:1-21); Jesus heals a man at the pool of Bethesda (John 5:2-9); Jesus restores a woman caught in adultery (John 8:1-11); Jews attempt to stone Jesus (John 8:12-59); Jesus heals a man born blind (John 9:1-12); Jesus appears to his disciples after His resurrection (Matthew 28:1-10)

19. Jesus appears to two disciples after His resurrection (Luke 24:13-32)

20. Jesus speaks to his disciples about the signs of the end of age (Matthew 24:3 - 25:46)

21. Jesus raises Lazarus (John 11:1-44)

22. Jesus is born (Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 1:26-38)

Historical Background:   During that period Palestine was under Roman control. Under the sovereignty of the emperor, King Herod ruled the province. But after the birth of Jesus. Herod died (BC. 4) After his death the Emperor divided the nation into three of Herod's sons, Archelaus, Antipas, and Philip. In A.D. 6, Archalos was removed from power, and Judea and Samaria were added to the Syrian province of the Roman empire. Since then, these regions were ruled by governors. Pontius Pilat was the fifth governor of this region. Galilee and Siria were under the control of Antipos and Itassia, Traconiti were controlled by Philip.

Four periods

The ministerial period of Jesus can be divided on the basis of the four Passover festivals.

1.  From baptism to the Passover of John 2: 13 a few months

2. John 2: 13 to the Passover in John 5:1

3. From the second Passover to the third one in John 6:4

4. From the third one to the last supper (John 13:1)