Matthew 16: Demand for a Sign
What do you think the Pharisees and Sadducees would have done if Jesus had given them a sign?
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What was Jesus saying when he referred to the Pharisees’ ability to predict the weather?
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What was so evil about asking for a sign?
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How might the Pharisees interpreted Jesus reference to Jonah as a sign?
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Why did Jesus make a reference to yeast at the time the disciples realized they had forgotten bread?
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Why didn’t the disciples understand what Jesus meant?
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What reasoning steps did the disciples follow to learn what the “leaven” was?
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From what different perspectives did people see Jesus?
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Each of the twelve disciples could have had a somewhat different view of Jesus. How do you think Judas’s perception differed from Peter’s?
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From the first introduction of Jesus, Peter knew Jesus as the Messiah, an identification that came from John the Baptizer. How was Peter’s profession at Caesarea Philippi different, recognition by the Father in Heaven and not John?
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What is the “rock” upon which the church is built?
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What are the “keys of the Kingdom of Heaven”?
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Why did Jesus want his identity to be a secret kept from most people?
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How well did the disciples understand what Jesus said about his death and resurrection?
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Why did Peter object to what Jesus said must happen?
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What kind of sacrifice did Jesus say his disciples must make?
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People have a natural desire for survival. Why might that be counter-productive?
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If people know their addictions will destroy them, why do they remain addicted?
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In the end, how will people be judged?
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Before they died, how did the disciples see the “Son of Man coming in his Kingdom?