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| − | 152:2.1 [[Jesus]] continued to [[teach]] [[the people]] by day while he instructed [[the apostles]] and [[evangelists]] at night. On Friday he [[declared]] a furlough of one week that all his followers might go [[home]] or to their [[friends]] for a few days before [[preparing]] to go up to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]]. But more than one half of his [[disciples]] refused to leave him, and [[the multitude]] was daily increasing in size, so much so that [[David Zebedee]] [[desired]] to [[establish]] a new encampment, but [[Jesus]] refused [[consent]]. [[The Master]] had so little [[rest]] over the [[Sabbath]] that on Sunday morning, March 27, he sought to get away from [[the people]]. Some of the [[evangelists]] were left to talk to [[the multitude]] while [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] [[planned]] to [[escape]], unnoticed, to the [[opposite]] shore of the [ | + | 152:2.1 [[Jesus]] continued to [[teach]] [[the people]] by day while he instructed [[the apostles]] and [[evangelists]] at night. On Friday he [[declared]] a furlough of one week that all his followers might go [[home]] or to their [[friends]] for a few days before [[preparing]] to go up to [[Jerusalem]] for the [[Passover]]. But more than one half of his [[disciples]] refused to leave him, and [[the multitude]] was daily increasing in size, so much so that [[David Zebedee]] [[desired]] to [[establish]] a new encampment, but [[Jesus]] refused [[consent]]. [[The Master]] had so little [[rest]] over the [[Sabbath]] that on Sunday morning, March 27, he sought to get away from [[the people]]. Some of the [[evangelists]] were left to talk to [[the multitude]] while [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] [[planned]] to [[escape]], unnoticed, to the [[opposite]] shore of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiSea_of_Galilee lake], where they [[proposed]] to obtain much needed [[rest]] in a [[beautiful]] [[park]] south of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida#Bethsaida_Julias Bethsaida-Julias]. This region was a [[favorite]] [[Vacation|resort]]ing place for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] folks; they were all familiar with these [[parks]] on the eastern shore. |
| − | 152:2.2 But [[the people]] would not have it so. They saw the direction taken by [[Jesus]]' boat, and hiring every craft available, they started out in pursuit. Those who could not obtain boats fared forth on foot to walk around the upper end of [ | + | 152:2.2 But [[the people]] would not have it so. They saw the direction taken by [[Jesus]]' boat, and hiring every craft available, they started out in pursuit. Those who could not obtain boats fared forth on foot to walk around the upper end of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee the lake]. |
152:2.3 By late afternoon more than a thousand [[persons]] had located [[the Master]] in one of the [[parks]], and he [[spoke]] to them briefly, being followed by [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]. Many of these people had brought [[food]] with them, and after eating the evening meal, they gathered about in small [[groups]] while [[Jesus]]' [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] taught them. | 152:2.3 By late afternoon more than a thousand [[persons]] had located [[the Master]] in one of the [[parks]], and he [[spoke]] to them briefly, being followed by [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]]. Many of these people had brought [[food]] with them, and after eating the evening meal, they gathered about in small [[groups]] while [[Jesus]]' [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] taught them. | ||
| − | 152:2.4 Monday afternoon [[the multitude]] had increased to more than three thousand. And still—way into the evening—[[the people]] continued to flock in, bringing all [[manner]] of [[sick]] folks with them. Hundreds of interested [[persons]] had made their [[plans]] to stop over at [ | + | 152:2.4 Monday afternoon [[the multitude]] had increased to more than three thousand. And still—way into the evening—[[the people]] continued to flock in, bringing all [[manner]] of [[sick]] folks with them. Hundreds of interested [[persons]] had made their [[plans]] to stop over at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capernaum Capernaum] to see and hear [[Jesus]] on their way to the [[Passover]], and they simply refused to be [[disappointed]]. By Wednesday noon about five thousand [[men]], [[women]], and [[children]] were assembled here in this [[park]] to the south of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida#Bethsaida_Julias Bethsaida-Julias]. The [[weather]] was pleasant, it being near the end of the rainy season in this locality. |
| − | 152:2.5 [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] had [[provided]] a three days' supply of [[food]] for [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]], which was in the [[custody]] of the Mark lad, their boy of all chores. By afternoon of this, the third day for almost half of this multitude, the [[food]] the people had brought with them was nearly [[exhausted]]. [[David Zebedee]] had no [ | + | 152:2.5 [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] had [[provided]] a three days' supply of [[food]] for [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]], which was in the [[custody]] of the Mark lad, their boy of all chores. By afternoon of this, the third day for almost half of this multitude, the [[food]] the people had brought with them was nearly [[exhausted]]. [[David Zebedee]] had no [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_city tented city] here to feed and [[accommodate]] the crowds. Neither had [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] made [[food]] [[provision]] for such a multitude. But [[the people]], even though they were [[hungry]], would not go away. It was being [[quietly]] whispered about that [[Jesus]], desiring to avoid [[trouble]] with both [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_Antipas Herod] and the [[Jerusalem]] [[leaders]], had [[chosen]] this [[quiet]] spot outside the [[jurisdiction]] of all his enemies as the proper place to be [[crown]]ed [[king]]. The [[enthusiasm]] of [[the people]] was rising every hour. Not a [[word]] was said to [[Jesus]], though, of course, he knew all that was going on. Even [[the twelve]] [[apostles]] were still tainted with such notions, and especially the younger [[evangelists]]. [[The apostles]] who [[favored]] this attempt to [[proclaim]] [[Jesus]] [[king]] were [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]], [[John, the Apostle|John]], [[Simon Zelotes]], and [[Judas Iscariot]]. Those [[opposing]] the [[plan]] were [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], [[James, the Apostle|James]], [[Nathaniel]], and [[Thomas, the Apostle|Thomas]]. [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]], [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], and the [[Alpheus twins]] were noncommittal. The ringleader of this [[Conspiracy|plot]] to make him [[king]] was Joab, one of the young [[evangelists]]. |
| − | 152:2.6 This was the [[stage]] setting about five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, when [[Jesus]] asked [[James Alpheus]] to summon [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]]. Said [[Jesus]]: " What shall we do with [[the multitude]]? They have been with us now [[three]] days, and many of them are [[hungry]]. They have no [[food]]. " [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] and [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] exchanged glances, and then Philip answered: " Master, you should send these people away so that they may go to the villages around about and buy themselves [[food]]. "[ | + | 152:2.6 This was the [[stage]] setting about five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, when [[Jesus]] asked [[James Alpheus]] to summon [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]]. Said [[Jesus]]: " What shall we do with [[the multitude]]? They have been with us now [[three]] days, and many of them are [[hungry]]. They have no [[food]]. " [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] and [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] exchanged glances, and then Philip answered: " Master, you should send these people away so that they may go to the villages around about and buy themselves [[food]]. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_6] And [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]], fearing the [[materialization]] of the [[king]] plot, quickly joined with [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], saying: " Yes, Master, I [[think]] it best that you dismiss [[the multitude]] so that they may go their way and buy [[food]] while you [[secure]] [[rest]] for a [[season]]. " By this time others of [[the twelve]] had joined the [[conference]]. Then said [[Jesus]]: " But I do not [[desire]] to send them away [[hungry]]; can you not feed them? " This was too much for [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], and he [[spoke]] right up: " Master, in this [[Rural|country]] place where can we buy bread for this multitude? Two hundred [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denarii denarii] worth would not be enough for lunch. " |
| − | 152:2.7 Before [[the apostles]] had an [[opportunity]] to [[express]] themselves, [[Jesus]] turned to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], saying: " I do not want to send these people away. Here they are, like sheep without a shepherd. I would like to feed them. What [[food]] have we with us? " While [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] was conversing with [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] and [[James and Judas, the Apostles|Judas]], [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] sought out the Mark lad to ascertain how much was left of their store of [[provisions]]. He returned to [[Jesus]], saying: " The lad has left only five barley loaves and two dried fishes "—and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] promptly added, " We have yet to eat this evening. "[ | + | 152:2.7 Before [[the apostles]] had an [[opportunity]] to [[express]] themselves, [[Jesus]] turned to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]], saying: " I do not want to send these people away. Here they are, like sheep without a shepherd. I would like to feed them. What [[food]] have we with us? " While [[Philip, the Apostle|Philip]] was conversing with [[Matthew, the Apostle|Matthew]] and [[James and Judas, the Apostles|Judas]], [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] sought out the Mark lad to ascertain how much was left of their store of [[provisions]]. He returned to [[Jesus]], saying: " The lad has left only five barley loaves and two dried fishes "—and [[Peter, the Apostle|Peter]] promptly added, " We have yet to eat this evening. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6] |
| − | 152:2.8 For a [[moment]] [[Jesus]] stood in [[silence]]. There was a faraway look in his eyes. [[The apostles]] said nothing. [[Jesus]] turned suddenly to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and said, " Bring me the loaves and fishes. " And when [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] had brought the basket to [[Jesus]], [[the Master]] said: " Direct [[the people]] to sit down on the grass in companies of one hundred and appoint a [[leader]] over each [[group]] while you bring all of the [[evangelists]] here with us. "[ | + | 152:2.8 For a [[moment]] [[Jesus]] stood in [[silence]]. There was a faraway look in his eyes. [[The apostles]] said nothing. [[Jesus]] turned suddenly to [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] and said, " Bring me the loaves and fishes. " And when [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]] had brought the basket to [[Jesus]], [[the Master]] said: " Direct [[the people]] to sit down on the grass in companies of one hundred and appoint a [[leader]] over each [[group]] while you bring all of the [[evangelists]] here with us. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6] |
152:2.9 [[Jesus]] took up the loaves in his hands, and after he had given [[thanks]], he broke the bread and gave to his [[apostles]], who passed it on to their [[associates]], who in turn carried it to [[the multitude]]. [[Jesus]] in like [[manner]] broke and [[distributed]] the fishes. And this multitude did eat and were filled. And when they had finished eating, [[Jesus]] said to the [[disciples]]: " Gather up the broken pieces that remain over so that nothing will be lost. " And when they had finished gathering up the [[Parts|fragments]], they had twelve basketfuls. They who ate of this [[extraordinary]] feast numbered about five thousand [[men]], [[women]], and [[children]]. | 152:2.9 [[Jesus]] took up the loaves in his hands, and after he had given [[thanks]], he broke the bread and gave to his [[apostles]], who passed it on to their [[associates]], who in turn carried it to [[the multitude]]. [[Jesus]] in like [[manner]] broke and [[distributed]] the fishes. And this multitude did eat and were filled. And when they had finished eating, [[Jesus]] said to the [[disciples]]: " Gather up the broken pieces that remain over so that nothing will be lost. " And when they had finished gathering up the [[Parts|fragments]], they had twelve basketfuls. They who ate of this [[extraordinary]] feast numbered about five thousand [[men]], [[women]], and [[children]]. | ||
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152:2.10 And this is the first and only [[nature]] [[miracle]] which [[Jesus]] [[performed]] as a result of his [[conscious]] pre[[plan]]ning. It is true that his [[disciples]] were disposed to call many things [[miracles]] which were not, but this was a [[genuine]] [[supernatural]] ministration. In this case, so we were taught, [[Michael]] multiplied food elements as he always does except for the elimination of the [[time]] [[factor]] and the visible life [[channel]]. | 152:2.10 And this is the first and only [[nature]] [[miracle]] which [[Jesus]] [[performed]] as a result of his [[conscious]] pre[[plan]]ning. It is true that his [[disciples]] were disposed to call many things [[miracles]] which were not, but this was a [[genuine]] [[supernatural]] ministration. In this case, so we were taught, [[Michael]] multiplied food elements as he always does except for the elimination of the [[time]] [[factor]] and the visible life [[channel]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:02, 12 December 2020
152:2.1 Jesus continued to teach the people by day while he instructed the apostles and evangelists at night. On Friday he declared a furlough of one week that all his followers might go home or to their friends for a few days before preparing to go up to Jerusalem for the Passover. But more than one half of his disciples refused to leave him, and the multitude was daily increasing in size, so much so that David Zebedee desired to establish a new encampment, but Jesus refused consent. The Master had so little rest over the Sabbath that on Sunday morning, March 27, he sought to get away from the people. Some of the evangelists were left to talk to the multitude while Jesus and the twelve planned to escape, unnoticed, to the opposite shore of the lake, where they proposed to obtain much needed rest in a beautiful park south of Bethsaida-Julias. This region was a favorite resorting place for Capernaum folks; they were all familiar with these parks on the eastern shore.
152:2.2 But the people would not have it so. They saw the direction taken by Jesus' boat, and hiring every craft available, they started out in pursuit. Those who could not obtain boats fared forth on foot to walk around the upper end of the lake.
152:2.3 By late afternoon more than a thousand persons had located the Master in one of the parks, and he spoke to them briefly, being followed by Peter. Many of these people had brought food with them, and after eating the evening meal, they gathered about in small groups while Jesus' apostles and disciples taught them.
152:2.4 Monday afternoon the multitude had increased to more than three thousand. And still—way into the evening—the people continued to flock in, bringing all manner of sick folks with them. Hundreds of interested persons had made their plans to stop over at Capernaum to see and hear Jesus on their way to the Passover, and they simply refused to be disappointed. By Wednesday noon about five thousand men, women, and children were assembled here in this park to the south of Bethsaida-Julias. The weather was pleasant, it being near the end of the rainy season in this locality.
152:2.5 Philip had provided a three days' supply of food for Jesus and the twelve, which was in the custody of the Mark lad, their boy of all chores. By afternoon of this, the third day for almost half of this multitude, the food the people had brought with them was nearly exhausted. David Zebedee had no tented city here to feed and accommodate the crowds. Neither had Philip made food provision for such a multitude. But the people, even though they were hungry, would not go away. It was being quietly whispered about that Jesus, desiring to avoid trouble with both Herod and the Jerusalem leaders, had chosen this quiet spot outside the jurisdiction of all his enemies as the proper place to be crowned king. The enthusiasm of the people was rising every hour. Not a word was said to Jesus, though, of course, he knew all that was going on. Even the twelve apostles were still tainted with such notions, and especially the younger evangelists. The apostles who favored this attempt to proclaim Jesus king were Peter, John, Simon Zelotes, and Judas Iscariot. Those opposing the plan were Andrew, James, Nathaniel, and Thomas. Matthew, Philip, and the Alpheus twins were noncommittal. The ringleader of this plot to make him king was Joab, one of the young evangelists.
152:2.6 This was the stage setting about five o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, when Jesus asked James Alpheus to summon Andrew and Philip. Said Jesus: " What shall we do with the multitude? They have been with us now three days, and many of them are hungry. They have no food. " Philip and Andrew exchanged glances, and then Philip answered: " Master, you should send these people away so that they may go to the villages around about and buy themselves food. "[1] And Andrew, fearing the materialization of the king plot, quickly joined with Philip, saying: " Yes, Master, I think it best that you dismiss the multitude so that they may go their way and buy food while you secure rest for a season. " By this time others of the twelve had joined the conference. Then said Jesus: " But I do not desire to send them away hungry; can you not feed them? " This was too much for Philip, and he spoke right up: " Master, in this country place where can we buy bread for this multitude? Two hundred denarii worth would not be enough for lunch. "
152:2.7 Before the apostles had an opportunity to express themselves, Jesus turned to Andrew and Philip, saying: " I do not want to send these people away. Here they are, like sheep without a shepherd. I would like to feed them. What food have we with us? " While Philip was conversing with Matthew and Judas, Andrew sought out the Mark lad to ascertain how much was left of their store of provisions. He returned to Jesus, saying: " The lad has left only five barley loaves and two dried fishes "—and Peter promptly added, " We have yet to eat this evening. "[2]
152:2.8 For a moment Jesus stood in silence. There was a faraway look in his eyes. The apostles said nothing. Jesus turned suddenly to Andrew and said, " Bring me the loaves and fishes. " And when Andrew had brought the basket to Jesus, the Master said: " Direct the people to sit down on the grass in companies of one hundred and appoint a leader over each group while you bring all of the evangelists here with us. "[3]
152:2.9 Jesus took up the loaves in his hands, and after he had given thanks, he broke the bread and gave to his apostles, who passed it on to their associates, who in turn carried it to the multitude. Jesus in like manner broke and distributed the fishes. And this multitude did eat and were filled. And when they had finished eating, Jesus said to the disciples: " Gather up the broken pieces that remain over so that nothing will be lost. " And when they had finished gathering up the fragments, they had twelve basketfuls. They who ate of this extraordinary feast numbered about five thousand men, women, and children.
152:2.10 And this is the first and only nature miracle which Jesus performed as a result of his conscious preplanning. It is true that his disciples were disposed to call many things miracles which were not, but this was a genuine supernatural ministration. In this case, so we were taught, Michael multiplied food elements as he always does except for the elimination of the time factor and the visible life channel.
