2.  Exegesis involves an extensive and critical interpretation of a text, especially of a holy scripture;  The word exegesis means "to draw the meaning out of" a given text.

3. analysis of significant words in the text in regard to translation; examination of the general historical and cultural context; confirmation of the limits of the passage; examination of the context within the text.

4.  … but it is about discovering rather than creating;  … digging rather than imagining.

5.  Who? (Who are the characters?)  What? (What’s going on?)  When? (When is it taking place?)  Where? (Where did the story take place?)  How? (What literary style is used?)  Why? (Why is the story told? What is its purpose?)

6.  What are the significant words?  Why these words rather than others?  What questions do they raise?

7.  How does the passage flow from the previous passage?  How does the passage flow into the next passage?

8.  How can Christ be seen or proclaimed from this passage?  What life-related message naturally flows out of this passage?  What are some principles for Christian growth?  What does this passage tell us about what God is like?

9.  Your observations & ideas  Your research  Your conclusions  Your questions

10.  Mark 6: 34-44 (The feeding of crowd)  Mark 7: 1-23 (Tradition of the Elders)  Mark 7: 24-38 (Syrophoenician Woman)  Mark 9: 2-13 (Transfiguration)  Mark 10: 35-45 (Ambition of James and John)  Mark 11: 12-26 (Jesus and the Fig tree)  Mark 12: 1-12 (Parable of the tenants)