{"id":6036,"date":"2015-08-18T22:49:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T16:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/?p=6036"},"modified":"2024-01-01T10:36:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T16:36:30","slug":"romans-part-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=6036","title":{"rendered":"Romans, Part 56"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ezekiel prophesied: <em>For this is what the sovereign<\/em> (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/hebrew-dictionary\/#_\u02bc\u0103d\u00f4n\u00e2y\">\u02bc\u0103d\u00f4n\u00e2y<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0 \u05d0\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9) <em>Lord<\/em> (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/hebrew-dictionary\/#_yeh\u00f4vih\">y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4vih<\/a><\/em>, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) <em>says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out. \u00a0As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock.\u00a0 \u00a0I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 <em>I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<em>I will feed them \u2013 with judgment!<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. \u00a0I will judge between one sheep and another<\/em>.\u00a0 <em>I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them \u2013 namely, my servant David. \u00a0He will feed them and will be their shepherd. \u00a0I, the Lord<\/em> (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/hebrew-dictionary\/#_yeh\u00f4v\u00e2h\">y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4), <em>will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the Lord<\/em> (<em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4v\u00e2h<\/em>,\u00a0 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4), <em>have spoken!<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a fitting introduction to this section of the story of Jesus feeding five thousand plus people in the light of his <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/02\/06\/romans-part-55\/#_authorities\">assessment<\/a> of the <em>Jewish leaders<\/em> (\u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03b9, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/greek-dictionary-2\/#_\u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03c2\">\u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn4\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a> as an answer to how the Father seeking his own is not self-seeking.\u00a0 And ultimately it is a continuing part of my attempt to view\u2014<em>Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/07\/11\/jedidiah-part-5\/#sdfootnote16sym\">Lord<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn5\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a>\u2014as a definition of love (<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/greek-concordance\/#_\u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7\">\u1f00\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7<\/a>) rather than as rules.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"160\">Matthew<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"160\">Mark<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"160\">Luke<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">And they said, \u201cShould we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?\u201d\u00a0 He said to them, \u201cHow many loaves do you have? Go and see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:37, 38a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" width=\"160\">They replied, \u201cWe have no more than five loaves and two fish \u2013 unless we go and buy food for all these people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Luke 9:13b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">They said to him, \u201cWe have here only five loaves and two fish.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cBring them here to me,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:17, 18 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">When they found out, they said, \u201cFive \u2013 and two fish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:38b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">One of Jesus\u2019 disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter\u2019s brother, said to him, \u201cHere is a<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn6\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a> boy who has<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn7\"><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/a> five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/17\/the-will-of-god-jesus-part-2\/#_Table45\">Table<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 6:8, 9 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If I accept John\u2019s contention that\u2014 <em>Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, \u201cWhere can we buy bread so that these people may eat?\u201d<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn8\"><sup>[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u2014I get a slightly different picture of the situation.\u00a0 I suspect that while Jesus taught and healed the people his disciples, anticipating, were on the lookout for food.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t really expect to spend two hundred silver coins, the amount Phillip assessed earlier that day: <em>Philip replied, \u201cTwo hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little.\u201d<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn9\"><sup>[9]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later that evening when they came to Jesus and said\u2014<em>This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. \u00a0Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn10\"><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/a>\u2014their compassion for the people was tinged by their perceived failure to find a sufficient supply of food.\u00a0 Mark captured their astonishment when Jesus replied\u2014<em>You give them something to eat<\/em>\u2014<em>Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins<\/em> [recalling Philip\u2019s earlier assessment] <em>and give it to them to eat?<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn11\"><sup>[11]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>How many loaves do you have?<\/em> Jesus asked.\u00a0 <em>Go and see<\/em>.<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn12\"><sup>[12]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Andrew, Simon Peter\u2019s brother, said to him, \u201cHere is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?\u201d<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn13\"><sup>[13]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matthew<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"160\">Mark<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"160\">Luke<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:19a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.\u00a0 So they reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:39, 40 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Then he said to his disciples, \u201cHave them sit down in groups of about fifty each.\u201d\u00a0 So they did as Jesus directed, and the people all sat down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Luke 9:14b, 15 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Jesus said, \u201cHave the people sit down.\u201d (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.)\u00a0 So the men sat down\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 6:10a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. \u00a0He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.\u00a0 They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:19b, 20 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all.\u00a0 They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:41-43 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.\u00a0 They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up \u2013 twelve baskets of broken pieces.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Luke 9:16, 17 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated.\u00a0 He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted.\u00a0 When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, \u201cGather up the broken pieces that are left over,<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn14\"><sup>[14]<\/sup><\/a> so that nothing is wasted.\u201d\u00a0 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten [<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/17\/the-will-of-god-jesus-part-2\/#_Table46\">Table<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 6:11-13 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:21 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:44 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">(Now about five thousand men were there.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Luke 9:14a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">\u2026 about five thousand in number.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 6:10b (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I have nothing to add to this scene except the words of <em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4vih<\/em> (\u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) through the prophet Ezekiel: <em>In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture.\u00a0 There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel. \u00a0I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign<\/em> (<em>\u02bc\u0103d\u00f4n\u00e2y<\/em>,\u00a0 \u05d0\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9) <em>Lord<\/em> (<em>y<sup>e<\/sup>h\u00f4vih<\/em>).<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn15\"><sup>[15]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 Only John\u2019s Gospel narrative picked up on this.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matthew<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"160\">Mark<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"160\">Luke<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, \u201cThis is certainly <em>the Prophet<\/em> <em>who is to come into the world<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 6:14 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">Immediately (<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/greek-dictionary-2\/#_\u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03ad\u03c9\u03c2\">\u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03ad\u03c9\u03c2<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/17\/the-will-of-god-jesus-part-2\/#sdfootnote6sym\">Jesus<\/a> made <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/17\/the-will-of-god-jesus-part-2\/#sdfootnote7sym\">the<\/a> disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds [<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/08\/17\/the-will-of-god-jesus-part-2\/#_Table47\">Table<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:22 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Immediately (<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/greek-dictionary-2\/#_\u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03cd\u03c2\">\u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u1f7a\u03c2<\/a>) Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:45 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"160\">And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:23a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">After saying good-bye to them, he went to the mountain to pray.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:46 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"160\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"160\">Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 6:15 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Luke\u2019s Gospel abandoned this particular narrative thread.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matthew<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\">Mark<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\">When evening came, [Jesus] was there alone.\u00a0 Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:23b, 24 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land.\u00a0 He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:47, 48a (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. \u00a0(It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.) \u00a0By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 6:16-18 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>John\u2019s Gospel narrative gives me the impression that Jesus\u2019 disciples waited around for Him a bit longer than Matthew\u2019s \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03ad\u03c9\u03c2 (translated, <em>immediately<\/em> NET or <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Matthew-14-22\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">straightway<\/a><\/em> KJV) or Mark\u2019s \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u1f7a\u03c2 (translated, <em>immediately<\/em> NET or <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingjamesbibleonline.org\/Mark-6-45\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">straightway<\/a><\/em> KJV) led me at first to believe.\u00a0 As I look at it now I think \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03ad\u03c9\u03c2 and \u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u1f7a\u03c2 spoke more to Jesus\u2019 urgency dismissing his disciples <em>because he knew<\/em> [the <em>people<\/em> who <em>saw the miraculous sign<\/em>] <em>were going to come and seize him by force to make him king<\/em>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matthew<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\">Mark<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\">As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea.\u00a0 When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, \u201cIt\u2019s a ghost!\u201d and cried out with fear.\u00a0 But immediately (\u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u1f7a\u03c2) Jesus spoke to them: \u201cHave courage! It is I. \u00a0Do not be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:25-27 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them.\u00a0 When they saw him walking on the water they thought he was a ghost.\u00a0 They cried out, for they all saw him and were terrified.\u00a0 But immediately (\u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u1f7a\u03c2) he spoke to them: \u201cHave courage!\u00a0 It is I.\u00a0 Do not be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:48b-50 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened. \u00a0But he said to them, \u201cIt is I.\u00a0 Do not be afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 6:19, 20 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Only Matthew recorded what happened next.\u00a0 I wonder if the tax collector\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/04\/22\/religious-and-righteous-prayer\/\">prayer<\/a> Jesus spoke<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn16\"><sup>[16]<\/sup><\/a> about was Matthew\u2019s (also known as Levi).<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn17\"><sup>[17]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\">Matthew<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\">Mark<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\">Peter said to him, \u201cLord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water.\u201d\u00a0 So he said, \u201cCome.\u201d Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/09\/18\/romans-part-17\/#sdfootnote8sym\">came<\/a> toward Jesus [<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/09\/18\/romans-part-17\/#_Table3\">Table<\/a>].\u00a0 But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out, \u201cLord, save me!\u201d\u00a0 Immediately (\u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03ad\u03c9\u03c2) Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, \u201cYou of little faith (\u1f40\u03bb\u03b9\u03b3\u03cc\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5, a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/greek-concordance\/#_\u1f40\u03bb\u03b9\u03b3\u03cc\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2\">\u1f40\u03bb\u03b9\u03b3\u03cc\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2<\/a>), why did you doubt?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:28-31 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"213\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>I have written about this <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/09\/18\/romans-part-17\/\">before<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn18\"><sup>[18]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matthew<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"213\">Mark<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">John<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"213\">When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased. \u00a0Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, \u201cTruly you are the Son of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Matthew 14:32, 33 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">Then he went up with them into the boat, and the wind ceased. They were completely astonished, because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Mark 6:51, 52 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"213\">Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately (\u03b5\u1f50\u03b8\u03ad\u03c9\u03c2) the boat came to the land where they had been heading.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">John 6:21 (NET)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Matthew wrote, <em>Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, \u201cTruly you are the Son of God.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Mark wrote, <em>They were completely astonished, because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.<\/em>\u00a0 And John let both stand without comment. \u00a0This was curious until I stepped back into the scene.<\/p>\n<p>If I crawl into the boat and look first through Matthew\u2019s eyes as he watched Peter get <em>out of the boat<\/em> at Jesus\u2019 command and walk on the water toward Him, it\u2019s immaterial to me that Peter began to flounder.\u00a0 Of course he did.\u00a0 What was astonishing was that he stood and walked at all!\u00a0 Truly, Jesus is the Son of God.<\/p>\n<p>If, on the other hand, I get out of the boat with Peter (the presumed <a href=\"http:\/\/coldcasechristianity.com\/2014\/good-reasons-to-believe-peter-is-the-source-of-marks-gospel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">source<\/a> of Mark\u2019s Gospel narrative) and take those few tentative steps, see the wind whipping up the waves, fear and begin to sink\u2026 While it is not immaterial that Jesus reached out his hand and caught me, my focus is his question: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/09\/18\/romans-part-17\/\">why did you doubt<\/a><\/em>?\u00a0 And until the Holy Spirit was <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/04\/30\/the-holy-spirit-is-given\/\">given<\/a>, truly, Peter\u2019s heart was hardened, as were the hearts of all the rest of Jesus\u2019 disciples and all Israel (<a href=\"https:\/\/net.bible.org\/#!bible\/Isaiah+6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Isaiah 6 NET<\/a>): <em>it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/04\/22\/religious-and-righteous-prayer\/#sdfootnote13sym\">mercy<\/a><\/em>.<a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/18\/romans-part-56\/#_ftn19\"><sup>[19]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll continue this thread in the next essay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2015\/08\/25\/romans-part-57\/\"><em>Romans, Part 57<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn1\"><\/a><sup>[1]<\/sup> Ezekiel 34:11, 12 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn2\"><\/a><sup>[2]<\/sup> Ezekiel 34:16 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn3\"><\/a><sup>[3]<\/sup> Ezekiel 34:22-24 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn4\"><\/a><sup>[4]<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/net.bible.org\/#!bible\/John+5:16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John 5:16-47 (NET)<\/a> <em>Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders<\/em> (\u1f38\u03bf\u03c5\u03b4\u03b1\u1fd6\u03bf\u03b9) <em>began persecuting him<\/em> (verse 16).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn5\"><\/a><sup>[5]<\/sup> Romans 12:11 (NET) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/07\/11\/jedidiah-part-5\/#_Table17\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn6\"><\/a><sup>[6]<\/sup> The <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/43\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/43\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greekdoc.com\/lexicon\/en.html#en2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> here.\u00a0 The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/John+6:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academic-bible.com\/en\/online-bibles\/novum-testamentum-graece-na-28\/read-the-bible-text\/bibel\/text\/lesen\/stelle\/53\/60001\/69999\/ch\/b303aecb03e30642278bd1f4a9cae929\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> did not.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn7\"><\/a><sup>[7]<\/sup> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/John+6:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academic-bible.com\/en\/online-bibles\/novum-testamentum-graece-na-28\/read-the-bible-text\/bibel\/text\/lesen\/stelle\/53\/60001\/69999\/ch\/b303aecb03e30642278bd1f4a9cae929\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greekdoc.com\/lexicon\/os.html#os\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u1f43\u03c2<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/43\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/43\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byzantine Majority Text<\/a> had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greekdoc.com\/lexicon\/o.html#o2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u03bf<\/a> (KJV: <em>which<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn8\"><\/a><sup>[8]<\/sup> John 6:5 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn9\"><\/a><sup>[9]<\/sup> John 6:7 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn10\"><\/a><sup>[10]<\/sup> Matthew 14:15 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn11\"><\/a><sup>[11]<\/sup> Mark 6:37 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn12\"><\/a><sup>[12]<\/sup> Mark 6:38a (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn13\"><\/a><sup>[13]<\/sup> John 6:8, 9 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn14\"><\/a><sup>[14]<\/sup> The <a href=\"https:\/\/netbible.org\/bible\/John+6:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NET parallel Greek<\/a> text and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academic-bible.com\/en\/online-bibles\/novum-testamentum-graece-na-28\/read-the-bible-text\/bibel\/text\/lesen\/stelle\/53\/60001\/69999\/ch\/b303aecb03e30642278bd1f4a9cae929\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NA<sup>28<\/sup><\/a> had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greekdoc.com\/lexicon\/eper.html#eperisseusan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u1f10\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f77\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd<\/a> here, where the <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/Stephanus\/43\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephanus Textus Receptus<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/textusreceptusbibles.com\/GBMT\/43\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Byzantine Majority Text had <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greekdoc.com\/lexicon\/eper.html#eperisseuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u03b5\u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c3\u03b5\u03c5\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd<\/a> (KJV: <em>remained over and above<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn15\"><\/a><sup>[15]<\/sup> Ezekiel 34:14, 15 (NET)<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn16\"><\/a><sup>[16]<\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/net.bible.org\/#!bible\/Luke+18:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luke 18:9-14 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn17\"><\/a><sup>[17]<\/sup> Compare: <a href=\"https:\/\/net.bible.org\/#!bible\/Matthew+9:9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew 9:9-13<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/net.bible.org\/#!bible\/Mark+2:13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark 2:14-17<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/net.bible.org\/#!bible\/Luke+5:27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luke 5:27-32 (NET)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn18\"><\/a><sup>[18]<\/sup> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/09\/18\/romans-part-17\/\">Romans, Part 17<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"_ftn19\"><\/a><sup>[19]<\/sup> Romans 9:16 (NET) <a href=\"https:\/\/intelligent-torvalds.74-208-171-134.plesk.page\/2012\/04\/22\/religious-and-righteous-prayer\/#_Table4\">Table<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ezekiel prophesied: For this is what the sovereign (\u02bc\u0103d\u00f4n\u00e2y,\u00a0 \u05d0\u05d3\u05e0\u05d9) Lord (yeh\u00f4vih, \u05d9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d4) says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out. \u00a0As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/religiousmind.net\/?p=6036\">Continue reading <span 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