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Mark 8:1-10, Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

  • Writer: reagancocke
    reagancocke
  • 1 day ago
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In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. [These people did not come to see the miraculous but had come to learn from Jesus. They are hungry indeed after three days of being with Jesus. They probably brought their own food, but eventually it ran out. This story is an example of “seek first the kingdom of God, and all these things will be added to you.” (Matthew 6:33)] And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away.” [We see a realistic view of Jesus’ compassionate response.] And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?” [Why do you think they ask this question?] And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.” [They will learn that the paucity of their resources is irrelevant to God. Having a scarcity mentality gets one nowhere.] And he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd. And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them. And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets fullAnd there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away. [As the Israelites had been fed manna in the dessert, there was a promise of a “blossoming” in the dessert in the Messianic age. People are not only satisfied, but there are leftovers.] 10 And immediately he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha. [The town is Magdala, where Jesus likely met Mary Magdalen. Magdala, being a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, was a delightful spot, attractive to Roman officers and officials on leave. It was famed for its wealth and moral corruption that included prostitutes. If Mary Magdalen did in fact become a follower of Jesus there, she may have been a prostitute. Because there were so many Miriams, calling this Miriam “Mary Magdalen, would be a natural way to distinguish her from the other Marys in the New Testament.]

 
 
 

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