Mark 8:27-33
Key Verse: 8:29    "But what about you?" he ask. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, You are the Christ."

1. Read verses 27-28. Where were Jesus and his disciples? As they walked along, what objective question did he ask them? What did they answer? What does this mean?

2. Read verses 29-30. What subjective question did he ask? Why was this question harder to answer and why was the question more important?

3. Who answered and what did he say? What does his answer mean to Peter? How would you answer this question? What does your answer mean to you? Why did Jesus tell them to keep it a secret?

4. Read verse 31. What did he teach them for the first time about what would happen in the future? What was his purpose in coming?

5. Read verse 32-33. What was Peter’s response? Why did he react in this way? How did Jesus rebuke Peter? Why did he call him “Satan”?

6. What do these verses reveal about Jesus? About the disciples? What can you learn from this event?