Mark 16 · For teachers and parents
Answer Key: He Has Risen!
Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.
PreschoolJesus Is Alive!
Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.
KindergartenHe Is Risen
Grade 1Go and Tell
Order:
Grade 2The Stone Is Rolled Away
- When did the women go to the tomb? Very early on Sunday
- What did they bring? Spices
- What did they wonder about? Who would roll away the big stone
- What did the young man in white say? He has risen! He is not here.
- What did Jesus tell His friends to do? Go into all the world and tell the Good News.
Grade 3Go Into All the World
- Name one woman who went to the tomb. Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, or Salome (any one)
- What did the women worry about on the way? Who would roll away the stone
- What did the young man say about Jesus? He has risen! He is not here.
- Whom did Jesus appear to first? Mary Magdalene
- What did Jesus tell the eleven to do? Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
Grade 4He Has Risen
- Why did the women go to the tomb? To anoint Jesus' body with spices
- What did the young man show the women? The place where they had laid Jesus (the empty tomb)
- Why is it special that the message mentions and Peter? Peter had denied Jesus, but Jesus still wanted him included: the angel said to tell His disciples and Peter.
- What happened after Jesus spoke to the eleven? He was received up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God, and they preached everywhere.
Word bank: 1. stone; 2. risen; 3. Mary
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
Grade 5The Beginning Continues
- Why does the specific mention of Peter matter? It shows the risen Lord's grace toward the disciple who had denied Him.
- Where do the earliest manuscripts of Mark end? At 16:8, with the women fleeing in fear
- How should we think about verses 9-20? Christians differ on whether Mark wrote them, but their message agrees with the rest of Scripture (the other Gospels and Acts).
- How does the end of Mark connect to its first verse? Mark began with the beginning of the Good News, and the end shows the Good News going out into all the world; the story continues.
- What does it mean that the Lord was working with them? The risen, ascended Jesus continues to be active with His people, confirming the message they preach.
Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.
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