Mark 6:1
JESUS LEFT THAT PLACE. Left Capernaum. WENT BACK TO HIS HOME TOWN. Back to Nazareth.... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS LEFT THAT PLACE. Left Capernaum. WENT BACK TO HIS HOME TOWN. Back to Nazareth.... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE SABBATH DAY. See notes on Matthew 13:53-58. This was the second time he was rejected here (Luke 4:19-29).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISN'T HE THE CARPENTER? This shows that Jesus had worked at the same "trade" as Joseph (his _legal_ father). It was the custom for every Jew to be taught a "trade." [Brothers and sisters, see note on John 2:12.]... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS NOT ABLE. Matthew says they did not have faith. Jesus did not lack the ability to perform miracles, but it would be useless to do so, because these people had already decided not be believe.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS GREATLY SURPRISED. See note on Matthew 8:10. TO THE VILLAGES AROUND THERE. He spent no more time with them, but took his ministry into new areas.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE CALLED THE TWELVE DISCIPLES TOGETHER. See _Matthew 10_ for a full account of this (and notes there).... [ Continue Reading ]
EXCEPT A WALKING STICK. Each one would already have a walking stick. The emphasis is on speed, and the fact that the people should take care of them.... [ Continue Reading ]
WEAR SANDALS. This was symbolic (_also_ Mark 6:8). They were to dress like "poor people.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND RUBBED OIL ON MANY SICK PEOPLE. Oil was symbolic of God's grace. Using it pointed to God as the Healer. [Also called "anointing,"]... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW KING HEROD HEARD ABOUT ALL THIS. See notes on Matthew 14:1-12 about Herod's reaction and John the Baptist's death.... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE OF HERODIAS. This immoral woman was responsible for John being in prison.... [ Continue Reading ]
WANTED TO KILL HIM. Because John had exposed her sin. But she did not have the authority to do it.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEROD WAS AFRAID OF JOHN. Both because he knew John to be a holy man, and also because of public opinion.... [ Continue Reading ]
FINALLY HERODIAS GOT HER CHANCE. This implies she had been constantly thinking about it and planning his death.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO HE SENT OFF A GUARD. Custom made the captain of the guard the one who did the execution.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET US GO OFF BY OURSELVES. For notes on the feeding of the Five Thousand, see Matthew 13:13-21. All four Gospels give this account.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO A LONELY PLACE. To the small plain of Butaiha just east of where the Jordan flows into the lake of Galilee. No one lived in that area.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND GO AHEAD OF HIM TO BETHSAIDA. For notes on Jesus walking on the water, see Matthew 14:22-23. John says they went toward Capernaum. That was their destination, but on the way, they sailed along the coast in the northwest direction. They expected to meet Jesus at Bethsaida, and continue on to Cape... [ Continue Reading ]
AND CAME TO LAND AT GENNESARET. Just south of Capernaum on the shore of Lake Galilee. See notes _on_ Matthew 14:34-36.... [ Continue Reading ]