Read Mark 10:46–11:11
Questions from the Scripture text: Where had they come, and from where were they now leaving (Mark 10:46)? Who was with Him? What was blind Bartimaeus doing? Whom did he hear was going by (Mark 10:47)? What did he call Jesus? What did he ask Jesus to do? What did people warn him to do (Mark 10:48)? How did he respond? What did Jesus do when He heard Bartimaeus (Mark 10:49)? What did Jesus ask him in Mark 10:51? What did Bartimaeus say? What does Jesus say made him well? Where had Jesus commanded him to go? Where does he go instead? When they reach the Mount of Olives, what does He send two disciples to get (Mark 11:1-6)? What do the disciples do to the colt for Jesus to sit on (Mark 11:7)? What do the people do with their clothes and the branches for Jesus to ride on (Mark 11:8)? What did the people cry out in Mark 11:9-10? What does Jesus do at the temple in Mark 11:11? Where does He then go and why?Who is Jesus? Mark 10:46–11:11 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eighteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus is the Son of Man, the Son of David, the forever-King.
In this week’s passage, if we pay careful attention, we will notice the way of salvation: faith in Jesus Christ as the promised forever-King. Last week’s passage had ended with “The Son of Man… came to give His life a ransom for many” (Mark 10:45). Now, in Mark 10:52, Jesus literally says, “Your faith has saved you,” and then in Mark 11:9-10 the people are crying “Hosanna!,” which literally means “O, save!”
But it is not just the truth of salvation that draws these passages together. They are also held together by the truth about how that salvation comes.
The son of Timaeus is interested in someone else’s parentage. He doesn’t refer to Jesus as Teacher or even Lord, but as “Son of David” (Mark 10:47, Mark 10:48). He recognizes that Jesus is that forever-King promised to David in 2 Samuel 7. When Jesus heals him and tells him to go his own way (Mark 10:52a), there is only one way that Bartimaeus wishes to go: whichever way Jesus, his forever-King, leads (verse 52b).
Then, in chapter 11, it is obvious that the people are treating Jesus as a King. The implication in the colt hunt is that there are people who now recognize that everything in the kingdom ought to be at the King’s disposal (Mark 11:3). The disciples consider Jesus too royal to ride bare upon an animal’s back (Mark 11:7). The people consider Jesus too royal for His steed’s hooves to touch the bare ground (Mark 11:8).
Why all this kingly treatment? Mark 11:10 explains, “Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that comes in the name of the Lord!” Here again is the recognition that this is the forever-King of 2 Samuel 7, Psalm 72, Psalm 2, etc.
I wonder, dear reader, if you are responding to Jesus as King? Surely, the first step is to believe in Him with similar faith to that which saved Bartimaeus. But are we going wherever He leads? Is His wish our command? Do we treat Him as royalty, offering that honor and homage and worship that is due unto Him? Is He our KING?!
Have you believed in Jesus as God, Savior, and King? How are you following in His path? How are you treating Him as royalty?Sample prayer: Lord, thank You for giving Your Son to be the Son of Man, the King from the line of David to Whom all glory belongs. Give us to trust in Him, follow Him, and praise Him as our King, with the whole of our lives, we ask in His Name, AMEN!
Suggested songs: ARP72C “May Waving Grain on Hilltops Thrive” or TPH374 “All Hail the Pow’r of Jesus’s Name”
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