From there one overlooks the level plain east of the river and the lake.” (Bruce) 2. Went up on the mountain: “The ‘high ground’ is the sharply rising terrain east of the lake, well known today as the Golan heights. Jesus would soon sustain this multitude in their small “wilderness” with bread from heaven – both literally and spiritually. Passover is associated with the Exodus and God’s sustenance of Israel in the wilderness. Perhaps this great multitude was made up of Galilean pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem. The Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near: John is the only one of the four Gospel writers who told us this took place near the time of the Passover. Morris gives the sense of the Greek verbs of John 6:2: “The multitude ‘kept following’ Jesus because they ‘continually saw’ the signs that He ‘habitually did’ on the sick.” (Morris)ĭ. They saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased: Luke 9:11 tells us that Jesus also taught this multitude, something that John doesn’t specifically mention. In spite of this imposition, Jesus still served the multitude with great compassion.Ĭ. Luke mentioned that on this occasion Jesus went out to a deserted place to be alone (Luke 9:10), yet the crowds followed Him there. ![]() ![]() Then a great multitude followed Him: This miracle is also recorded in the other three Gospel accounts. John mainly recorded things that Jesus did and said in Judea and Jerusalem, but sometimes included material that the other gospel writers also wrote of, mainly in the Galilee region.ī. After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee: John now records some of the acts and words of Jesus in the Galilee region, north of Judea. Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.Ī. And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples. ![]() Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased. (1-4) A crowd gathers to Jesus near the Sea of Galilee.Īfter these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.
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