39-5000-4000Families-Endnotes

5000 & 4000 FAMILIES �ENDNOTES OF SCHOLARLY SOURCES

{Where Document name is cited first, it is Quoted}

[1]�� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:10; MARK 6:35b - They withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida...."We are a long way out in the country."

[2]�� Even at Jesus' ascension back to heaven, his apostles thought he was going to set up an earthly kingdom with headquarters in Jerusalem.

[3]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 18:1; 20:37; ACTS 1:6 - At about the same time, the disciples came to Jesus asking, "Who gets the highest rank in God's kingdom?"..."Give your word that...will be awarded the highest place of honor in your kingdom, one at your right hand, one at your left hand."...When they were together for the last time they asked, "Master, are you going to restore the kingdom to Israel now?� Is this the time?"

[4]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:4 - It was nearly time for the Feast of Passover, kept annually by the Jews [in Jerusalem].

[5]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 6:33 - Someone saw them going and the word got around.� From the surrounding towns people went out on foot, running, and got there ahead of them.

[6]�� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:6, 10 - They traveled from town to town telling the latest news of God, the Message, and curing people everywhere they went....The apostles returned and reported on what they had done.� Jesus took them away, off by themselves, near the town called Bethsaida.� [SEE ALSO VOLUME III, HEARTS AFIRE, "Unlikely Crew."]

[7]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 14:12-13 - John's disciples got the body, gave it a reverent burial, and reported to Jesus.� When Jesus got the news, he slipped away by boat to an out-of-the-way place by himself.

[8]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 6:34 - When Jesus arrived, he saw this huge crowd.� At the sight of them, his heart broke - like sheep with no shepherd they were.� He went right to work teaching them.

[9]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 6:44 [NIV} - The number of men who had eaten was five thousand [plus women and children].

[10]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 1:1; 14 [NIV] - In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God....The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

[11]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 10:3b - He calls his own sheep by name.

[12]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 6:35-36 - When his disciples thought this had gone on long enough ~ it was now quite late in the day ~ they interrupted:� "We are a long way out in the country, and it's very late.� Pronounce a benediction and send these folks off so they can get some supper."

[13]�� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:13a �"You feed them," Jesus said.

[14]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 7:5-7 - When Jesus looked out and saw that a large crowd had arrived, he said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread to feed these people?"� He said this to stretch Philip's faith.� He already knew what he was going to do.� Philip answered, "Two hundred silver pieces wouldn't be enough to buy bread for each person to get a piece."

[15]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:8-9 - One of the disciples ~ it was Andrew, brother to Simon Peter ~ said, "There's a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish.� But that's a drop in the bucket for a crowd like this."

[16]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 6:39 - Jesus got them all to sit down in groups of fifty or a hundred ~ they looked like a patchwork quilt of wildflowers spread out on the green grass!

[17]�� THE BIBLE, HEBREWS 1:14 - Isn't it obvious that all angels are sent to help out with those lined up to receive salvation?

[18]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:11b - Then Jesus took the bread, and having given thanks....

[19]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:11 - Then Jesus...gave it to those who were seated.� He did the same with the fish.� All ate as much as they wanted.

[20]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:12-13 - When the people had eaten their fill, he said to his disciples, "Gather the leftovers so nothing is wasted." They went to work and filled twelve large baskets with leftovers from the five barley loaves.

[21]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:14-16 - The people realized that God was at work among them in what Jesus had just done.� They said, "This is the Prophet for sure, God's Prophet right here in Galilee!"� Jesus saw that in their enthusiasm they were about to grab him and make him king, so he slipped off and went back up the mountain to be by himself.� In the evening his disciples went down to the sea, got in the boat, and headed back across the water to Capernaum.

[22]�� SEE VOLUME IV, FOLK HERO, "Catch the Wind and Water"

[23]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 3:21-22 [NIV] - When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind"....And the teachers of the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebub!� By the prince of demons he is driving out demons."� SEE ALSO VOLUME VIII, COME FLY WITH ME, "Star Song"

[24]�� THE BIBLE, LUKE 4:16, 29 - He came to Nazareth where he had been reared....They threw him out, banishing him from the village, then took him to a mountain cliff at the edge of the village to throw him to his doom.

[25]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 6:17, 27 - Herod was the one who had ordered the arrest of John, put him in chains, and sent him to prison at the nagging of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife....The king sent the executioner off to the prison with orders to bring back John's head.� He went, cut off John's head....

[26]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 5:3 [NIV]; LUKE 11:20; LUKE 12:32 [NIV]; 17:21 [NIV] - "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven"...."But if it's God's finger I'm pointing that sends the demons on their way, then God's kingdom is here for sure"...."Your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom"...."The kingdom of God is within you."

[27]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:33 [NIV] - "For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

[28]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:34 [NIV] - "Sir," they said, "from now on give us this bread."

[29]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:35a [NIV] - Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life."

[30]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:42 [NIV] - They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?� How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?"

[31]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:66 [NIV] - From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

[32]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:66-69 - after this a lot of his disciples left.� They no longer wanted to be associated with him.� Then Jesus gave the Twelve their chance:� "Do you also want to leave?"� Peter replied, "Master, to whom would we go?� You have the words of real life, eternal life."

[33]�� THE BIBLE, JOHN 6:70-71 - Jesus responded, "Haven't I handpicked you, the Twelve?� Still, one of you is a devil!"� He was referring to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot.� This man ~ one from the Twelve! ~ was even then getting ready to betray him.� SEE ALSO VOLUME VI, PROMISE KEEPER, "Fallen Angel"

[34]�� SEE VOLUME 5, FLOOD GATES, "Eye of the Storm"

[35]��� �� Ten Greek towns in the Decapolis were given their independence by Pompey in 63 BC, and have many remains today in Gerasa, Bethshean, Pella, Gadara, Amman, and of course Damascus.

[36]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 15:29 - After Jesus returned, he walked along [the east side of] Lake Galilee and then climbed a mountain and took his place, ready to receive visitors.

[37]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 15:30-31 - They came, tons of them, bringing along the paraplegic, the blind, the maimed, the mute ~ all sorts of people in need - and more or less threw them down at Jesus' feet to see what he would do with them.� He healed them.� When the people saw the mutes speaking, the maimed healthy, the paraplegics walking around, the blind looking around, they were astonished and let everyone know that god was blazingly alive among them.

[38]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 8:2b - "They have stuck with me for three days...."

[39]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 15:39 - After Jesus sent them away, he climbed in the boat and crossed over to the Magadan hills.

[40]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 8:1-3 - At about this same time he again found himself with a hungry crowd on his hands.� He called his disciples together and said, "This crowd is breaking my heart.� They have stuck with me for three days, and now they have nothing to eat.� If I send them home hungry, they'll faint along the way ~ some of them have come a long distance."

[41]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 15:35 - At that, Jesus directed the people to sit down.

[42]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 8:4 - His disciples responded, "What do you expect us to do about it?� Buy food out here in the desert?"

[43]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 15:38 [NIV] - The number of those who ate was four thousand, besides women and children.

[44]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 15:34 - Jesus asked, "How much bread do you have?" � "Seven loaves," they said, "plus a few fish."

[45]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 15:36a - He took the seven loaves and the fish....giving thanks.

[46]�� THE BIBLE, MARK 8:6-7 - After giving thanks, he took the seven bread loaves, broke them into pieces, and gave them to his disciples so they could hand them out to the crowd.� They also had a few fish.� He pronounced a blessing over the fish and told his disciples to hand them out as well.

[47]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 15:39 - After Jesus sent them away, he climbed in the boat and crossed over to the Magadan hills.

[48]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 16:1 - The Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and tested him by asking him to show them a sign from heaven.

[49]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 16:13-14 - When Jesus arrived in the villages of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "What are people saying about who the Son of Man is?"� They replied, "Some think he is John the Baptizer, some say Elijah, some Jeremiah or one of the other prophets."

[50]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 16:15-16 - He pressed them, "And how about you?� Who do you say I am?"� Simon Peter said, "You're the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God."

[51]�� THE BIBLE, MATTHEW 16:18-19; 18:1; 18 [NIV] - "On this rock I will build my church....I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven...."At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked who IS the greatest in the kingdom of heaven...."Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven."

[52]�� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:22-23 [NIV] - "The Son of Man...must be killed and on the third day be raised to life....If anyone would come after me, he must...take up his cross daily."

[53]�� THE BIBLE, LUKE 9:27; COLOSSIANS 1:13, 18; REVELATION 1:5, 9 - "I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God"....For he HAS rescued us...and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves....And he is the head of the body, the church....[Jesus] has made us to be a kingdom and priests...."I, John, your brother...in the suffering and kingdom."

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