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Mark 14, Jesus anointed at Bethany, the Lord’s Supper, Peter’s Denial Predicted, Gethsemane, Jesus Arrested, Before the Sanhedrin, Peter’s denial.

Mark 13, Signs of the End of the Age, the Great Tribulation, the Coming of the Son of Man, the Fig Tree, the Day and Hour unknown.

The destruction of the Temple occurred in 70 A.D., 40 years later.

Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans (1850 painting by David Roberts). Looking southwest

Mark 12, the Unfaithful Tenants, taxes to Caesar, marriage at the Resurrection, the Greatest Commandment, whose son is the Christ?, the widow’s Mite.

Mark 11, the Triumphal Entry, Jesus clears the Temple, the withered fig tree, Jesus authority questioned.

The fig tree is a symbol of Israel.

Mark 10, Marriage and Divorce, Jesus blesses the little children, the Rich Young Ruler, predicting Resurrection, Greatness in Serving, Jesus heals Bartimaeus.

Mark 9, the Transfiguration, a boy is healed, Jesus predicts his Death and Resurrection, who is the Greatest?, Unity, not division, Jesus warns of offenses, Salt with savor.

The majority text (King James Bible) adds verse 46: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

Mark 8, feeding the four thousand, the yeast of the Pharisees and Herod, healing of a blind man at Bethsaida, Peter’s Confession, Jesus predicts his death.

Three days without food! The people needed it!

Mark 7, clean and unclean, Great Faith: Canaanite woman, the healing of a deaf-mute man.

Mark 6, a Prophet without honor, Jesus sends out the Twelve, John the Baptist beheaded, the feeding of Five Thousand, Jesus walks on the Water.

There has always been a strange fascination about beheadings. On Feb 12, 2018 the official portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama were unveiled.

Other works by Obama’s artist Kehinde Wiley: “Judith beheading Holofernes”

This one is also from the apocryphal book of Judith

Not to be outdone, in 2007 the then speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi went to Damascus, Syria, Tuesday April 3, 2007. Question: Why does an American Woman Infidel do the sign of the cross in the great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus Syria? Answer: Nancy Pelosi does the sign of the cross to pay her utmost respect to the skull of John the Baptist. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi looks at the tomb containing the head of St. John the Baptist inside the historic Umayyad Mosque.