Jesus miraculously feeds a great multitude with just 7 loaves of bread.
The Pharisees ask him for a sign and he tells them their generation will receive no sign. I wonder about this word 'generation'. Isaiah also used this word, "who shall declare his generation". Could it mean something like a 'group of people'. My understanding of the word is a group of people defined by a time period. But my guess is that it can be more specific than that.
The Lord and his disciples get into a ship and there is only one loaf of bread. Jesus tells them to beware of the leavening of the Pharisees. To me this means be watchful of their 'fruits'. What is it that the Pharisees produce or bring about for the people. Jesus reminds them of the times he has fed the people with seemingly little and how much the gathered in afterwards. Not only were people filled but there were baskets of food leftover. I can't help but see also that even in this chapter he heals a man of his lack of vision and these are his 'fruits'.
The healing was interesting because he rubs his eyes and he sees men as trees. Then He does it again and the blind man can see clearly. Now that I write it it seems a physical parable of how the Savior is trying to bless the disciples. He is trying to help them see clearly.
Jesus asks them to tell him who they see? Peter answers, "Thou art the Christ". Powerful testimony. Do they really see. Probably not until later after His Resurrection.
The Pharisees ask him for a sign and he tells them their generation will receive no sign. I wonder about this word 'generation'. Isaiah also used this word, "who shall declare his generation". Could it mean something like a 'group of people'. My understanding of the word is a group of people defined by a time period. But my guess is that it can be more specific than that.
The Lord and his disciples get into a ship and there is only one loaf of bread. Jesus tells them to beware of the leavening of the Pharisees. To me this means be watchful of their 'fruits'. What is it that the Pharisees produce or bring about for the people. Jesus reminds them of the times he has fed the people with seemingly little and how much the gathered in afterwards. Not only were people filled but there were baskets of food leftover. I can't help but see also that even in this chapter he heals a man of his lack of vision and these are his 'fruits'.
The healing was interesting because he rubs his eyes and he sees men as trees. Then He does it again and the blind man can see clearly. Now that I write it it seems a physical parable of how the Savior is trying to bless the disciples. He is trying to help them see clearly.
Jesus asks them to tell him who they see? Peter answers, "Thou art the Christ". Powerful testimony. Do they really see. Probably not until later after His Resurrection.
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