Mark's Gospel - Definitions (edexcel)

Disciples

Followers of Jesus

Levi

A tax collector who was

called to be a disciple

Sons of Zebedee

The brothers James and John whom

Jesus called to follow him

Service

An act of help or assistance

The Twelve

The twelve selected from the

Disciples to be Jesus' closest Ddisciples

True Family

Those who follow the teachings of Jesus

Self-sacrifice

Putting other people's needs

before your own

True greatness

The teaching of Jesus that service of others

is true greatness

The Ten Commandments

The collection of 10 laws given by God 

The eye of a needle

A metaphor used by Jesus to show 

that wealth makes it difficult to enter

the Kingdom of God

The Kingdom

The rule of God in people's lives

Peter's Denial

The way Peter said he was not a

follower of Jesus after the arrest of Jesus