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Mark’s Portrayal of the Crowds Prior to Jesus’ Trial
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Mark’s portrayal of the crowds prior to Jesus’ trial
According to the book of Mark, the crowds are seen yelling and rowdy toward Jesus
Christ before his trial. However, at first, the group in Jerusalem seems to have Jesus' significant
swing in opinion. When Jesus visited the city of Jerusalem to praise and adoration, by the end of
the week, the crowd shouted at him, saying, crucify Him! Demanding for his crucifixion, the
changes were unexpected and occurred within a shorter duration.
Jesus faces arrest without any notice, faces trial and is later found guilty, which leads to
His crucifixion. All these stages are dark and disturbing scenes in the Gospel of Mark. At the
arrest of Jesus, one of His close disciples called, Judas is the person who betrays him as he kisses
Jesus as a sign of informing the soldier identification of Jesus. All disciples of Jesus abandon
him during the pre-trial moment. Just before Jesus stands trial, Peter, one of Jesus' most loyal
disciples, is seen following him at a distance into the high priest's ground; Peter then sits with the
priest's guards, warming himself at the same fire. The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin
panel proceed with trials to obtain crucial testimony against Christ, so they have to judge him for
the death penalty, although they find no record.
The lack of sufficient evidence to crucify Jesus annoys the crowd, and they end up giving
witnesses who end up giving false testimony against him. The testimony provided by the false
witness does not add up (Mark 15: 55 57). Some of the false witnesses took a bold stand and
testified against Jesus, alleging that they heard him saying that Jesus said that he would destroy
the temple made with hands and within 74 hours, he would have built another one not made with
hands. (Mark 15: 58-61). Jesus faces a lot of frustration and humiliation in the hands of the

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1 Mark’s Portrayal of the Crowds Prior to Jesus’ Trial Student Name Instructor’s Name, Name of the Institution Course Tittle Date Signature 2 Mark’s portrayal of the crowds prior to Jesus’ trial According to the book of Mark, the crowds are seen yelling and rowdy toward Jesus Christ before his trial. However, at first, the group in Jerusalem seems to have Jesus' significant swing in opinion. When Jesus visited the city of Jerusalem to praise and adoration, by the end of the week, the crowd shouted at him, saying, crucify Him! Demanding for his crucifixion, the changes were unexpected and occurred within a shorter duration. Jesus faces arrest without any notice, faces trial and is later found guilty, which leads to His crucifixion. All these stages are dark and disturbing scenes in the Gospel of Mark. At the arrest of Jesus, one of His close disciples called, Judas is the pe ...
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