• Mark 1

  • Video Introduction to the Book of Mark

  • Gospel of Mark—Some Major Events

  • The Wilderness

  • John the Baptizer’s Clothing and Appearance

  • Locusts

  • Wild Honey

  • Sandals

  • The Jordan River

  • View of the Valley of Jezreel

  • The Wilderness of Judea, West of the Jordan River

  • Wild Beasts of the Wilderness

  • Casting a Net

  • Fish of the Sea of Galilee

  • Synagogue in Capernaum

  • Mark 4

  • Domestic Lampstand

  • First-Century Fishing Boat

  • Remains of a Galilean Fishing Boat

  • Jesus Calms the Storm

  • Mark 5

  • Cliffs on the Eastern Side of the Sea of Galilee

  • Mark 6

  • Staff and Food Pouch

  • Baskets

  • The Marketplace

  • Mark 8

  • Coin Made by Herod Antipas

  • Mark 9

  • Mount Hermon

  • Mount Hermon As Seen From the Hula Valley Nature Reserve

  • Upper and Lower Millstones

  • Modern-Day Valley of Hinnom

  • Salt on the Shore of the Dead Sea

  • Mark 10

  • East of the Jordan​—Perea

  • Mark 11

  • Bethphage, the Mount of Olives, and Jerusalem

  • Colt, or Young Donkey

  • Mark 12

  • Winepress

  • Tiberius Caesar

  • The Marketplace

  • The Front Seats in the Synagogue

  • Prominent Places at Evening Meals

  • The Treasury Chests and the Widow

  • Mark 13

  • Stones From the Temple Mount

  • Mount of Olives

  • Mark 14

  • Alabaster Jar

  • The Passover Meal

  • Upper Room

  • Vine

  • Mark 15

  • The Sanhedrin

  • Nail in a Heel Bone

  • Tomb Chamber

  • Mark 16

  • Codex Sinaiticus—End of Mark’s Gospel

  • Codex Vaticanus—End of Mark’s Gospel

The items shown in the illustrations and 3-D video footage in the Media Gallery are based on extensive research. However, they are artists’ renditions and, at times, depict only one of several possibilities.

The Marketplace

The Marketplace

Some marketplaces, like the one depicted here, were located along a road. Vendors often placed so much merchandise in the street that it blocked traffic. Local residents could buy common household goods, pottery, and expensive glassware, as well as fresh produce. Because there was no refrigeration, people needed to visit the market each day to buy supplies. Here a shopper could hear news brought in by traders or other visitors, children could play, and the unemployed could wait to be hired. In the marketplace, Jesus healed the sick and Paul preached. (Ac 17:17) By contrast, the proud scribes and Pharisees loved to be noticed and greeted in these public areas.

Related Scripture(s)

Mt 11:16; Mt 20:3; Mr 6:56; Mr 12:38; Lu 7:32; Lu 11:43
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