Silence Speaks
Isaiah 53:4-8 - New International
Version (NIV)
4 Surely he took up our
pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on
him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was
oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was
punished.
Who did we consider the servant punished by (verse 4)?
What brought us peace (verse 5)?
Where have “we all” gone (verse 6)?
What did He “not open” (verse 7)?
How was He led (verse 7)?
What happened “by oppression and judgment”
(verse 8)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
Mark 14:53-65 – New International Version (NIV)
53 They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, the
elders and the teachers of the law came together. 54 Peter
followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high
priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.
55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for
evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not
find any. 56 Many testified falsely against him, but their
statements did not agree.
57 Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against
him: 58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple
made with human hands and in three days will build another, not made with
hands.’” 59 Yet even then their testimony did not agree.
60 Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, “Are
you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing
against you?” 61 But Jesus remained silent and gave no
answer.
Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of
the Blessed One?”
62 “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man
sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of
heaven.”
63 The high priest tore his clothes. “Why do we need any more
witnesses?” he asked. 64 “You have heard the blasphemy.
What do you think?”
They all condemned him as worthy of death. 65 Then
some began to spit at him; they blindfolded him, struck him with their fists,
and said, “Prophesy!” And the guards took him and beat him.
Who
“came together” (verse 53)?
How
did Peter follow (verse 54)?
What
were the “chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin” looking for (verse 55)?
Whose
statements “did not agree” (verse 56)?
Who ask Jesus “are you not going to
answer” (verse 60)?
How did Jesus respond to the question (verse
61)?
Who
ask Jesus “are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One” (verse 61)?
How
did Jesus answer this question (verse 62)?
What
did the high priest do (verse 63)?
What
did they view Jesus “as worthy of” (verse 64)?
What
did they begin to do to Jesus (verse 65)?
In
your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In
your opinion, what does this passage teach us about knowing when to respond
with silence or with words?
In
your opinion, when He was being questioned, how is Jesus’s silence in Mark
14:53-65 a fulfillment of the prophecy that He would be silent “as a sheep before
its shearers” in Isaiah 53:4-8?
In your opinion, why was Jesus silent before the high priest’s
first question, but then answered the second?
Acts
8:30-39 –
New International Version (NIV)
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah
the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he
invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:
“He was led like a sheep to
the slaughter,
and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet
talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip
began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good
news about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the
eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being
baptized?” 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot.
Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized
him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of
the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again,
but went on his way rejoicing.
Who ask the man in the chariot “Do you understand
what you are reading” (verse 30)?
What did the man say he needed in order to understand
(verse 31)?
What did He “not open” (verse 32)?
What was “taken from the earth” (verse 33)?
What question did the eunuch ask (verse 34)?
How did Philip respond to the question (verse 35)?
When did the eunuch ask “what can stand in the way
of my being baptized” (verse 36)?
What did the eunuch order (verse 37)?
How did the eunuch go “on his way” (verse 38)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this
passage?
In your opinion, what would need to
happen for you to move from being like the eunuch in Acts 8:30-39 and need to
have someone explain the Isaiah 53:4-8 passage to being like Philip who is
willing to link the passage to Jesus for someone who is struggling?
In
your opinion, how would the testimony of Jesus in Mark 14:53-65 that He is the “the
Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One” be a part of Philip’s testimony about
the “good news about Jesus”?
1
Peter 1:13-21 – New International Version (NIV)
13 Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set
your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed
at his coming. 14 As obedient children, do not
conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. 15 But
just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; 16 for
it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s
work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in
reverent fear. 18 For you know that it was not with
perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the
empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but
with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or
defect. 20 He was chosen before the creation of the
world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21 Through
him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified
him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
What
are minds that “set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus
Christ is revealed at his coming” supposed to be like (verse 13)?
How
should we not respond to “the evil desires” (verse 14)?
What
should we be in all we do (verse 15)?
What
is written (verse 16)?
How should we “live out” our time
(verse 17)?
What were we redeemed from (verse 18)?
What redeemed us (verse 19)?
When was He revealed (verse 20)?
Where is our “faith and hope”
(verse 21)?
In your opinion, what is the basic
message of this passage?
In your opinion, what does this passage
teach us about knowing when to respond with silence or with words?
In your opinion, what
does 1 Peter 1:13-21 reveal about why Isaiah 53:4-8 indicated that Jesus would
be “led like a lamb to slaughter”?
In your opinion, how is Jesus in Mark
14:53-65 an example to us of how to “live out your time as foreigners here
in reverent fear” as instructed in 1 Peter 1:13-21?
In your opinion, how is Philip in Acts
8:30-39 an example of how be holy, as instructed by 1 Peter 1:13-21, as we
learn how to share the “good news about Jesus” even though we are
foreigners?
In
your opinion, what do these passages from Isaiah, Mark, Acts and 1 Peter teach
us about the silence of the Messiah transformed our lives?
In your opinion, how can alert minds help us be holy when
being silent or when speaking the good news today?
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