Chapter summary

Mark 8 Summary

Mark 8 records Jesus feeding 4,000, healing a blind man in stages, Peter's confession, and the first passion prediction — with the call to deny self and follow.

Jesus feeds 4,000 with seven loaves; the disciples still don't grasp who he is. He heals a blind man in two stages — a parable of opened eyes. Peter then confesses, «You are the Christ.»

Jesus begins to teach he must suffer, die, and rise. Peter rebukes him; Jesus calls his words satanic. To follow him is to take up the cross. «Whoever would save his life will lose it.»

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Mark 8:29 ““But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”” Mark 8:34 “Then Jesus called the crowd to Him along with His disciples, and He told them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.”

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