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Twist family Bible study: the Gospel of Mark
Wayne:
Mark then switches over to the beheading of John the Baptist by Herod Antipas. John the Baptist had criticized Herod for marrying his brother's (former?) wife. According to Mark, Herod at first took it in stride because the people revered John. But Herod's wife got annoyed and had John beheaded.
This is said to be the head of John the Baptist ... :-\
Wayne:
When word of Jesus got around, Mark tells us Herod said "John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!"
So thoughts about raising from the dead seem to have been prevalent.
Wayne:
Jesus teaches a large crowd. But at the end of the day, everybody is hungry and among 5,000 people the only food they can find is five loaves and two fish.
Jesus has them sit down on the "green grass" in groups of 50 to 100, and shares the bread and fish. When they have finished passing it around, all 5,000 ate their fill and they collected twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
Later on in Chapter 8, Jesus asks the disciples to remember how many baskets were left. Some say the numerological significance is that there was enough left for the 12 tribes of Israel. And perhaps the 5 loaves and 5 thousand was a reference to the 5 books of Moses?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_the_multitude
Wayne:
Then Jesus sent them out by boat again on Lake Galilee, while he walked alone on a mountain.
"During the day Ennis looked across a great gulf and sometimes saw Jack, a small dot moving across a high meadow as an insect moves across a tablecloth; Jack, in his dark camp, saw Ennis as night fire, a red spark on the huge black mass of mountain. "
In the "fourth watch" - the last quarter of the night - Jesus saw from the mountain that their boat was struggling against the wind. He walked down to them, and didn't stop at the water's edge.
Shakesthecoffecan:
Well they could be related, it kindley favors Jesus a little.
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