Poor John the Baptist...what an unfortunate demise. He had called out Herodius because she left Herod's brother and came to Herod....she was embarrassed and nursed a grudge. An opportunity came when her daughter danced for Herod and he gave the age-old "blessing" about "what do you want, you can have up to half of my kingdom" and she went and asked Old Mamma and her deviousness made her ask for John the Baptists' head on a plate.....more embarrassment ensued because Herod couldn't save face and not do it. John's disciples came and got the body and buried it and told Jesus.
We have the feeding of the 5,000 from Matthew's perspective. Jesus was testing Philip the disciple in another gospel account, when he asked, "How should we feed this crowd?" Jesus already had a plan and wanted to see what Philip would say. Fishes and Loaves save the day, and notice that there were 12 baskets of bread left. Also remember that God provided the 12 tribes manna (bread). Jesus/God is the bread of life. We have bread at communion to commemorate this.
Jesus walks on water and Peter tried it. When he walked and focused on Jesus, he was fine. When he got distracted by the storm, he began to sink.....what storms in your life are distracting you? Are you sinking?
Mark gives us his account of a prophet having no honor in his hometown, feeding the 5000 and John the Baptist's death. I am trying to reconcile why when Jesus walked on water in this account that the disciples hearts were hardened, but in Matthew's account, they knew He was the son of God.
Luke tells of the sending out of the disciples and their supplies (or lack thereof) and we get the account of the feeding of the 5000.
Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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