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Lesson 1 · July 1, 1899

Feeding the Multitude

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Bethsaida and Capernaum, A. D. 30.

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  1. 1.Upon the apostles returning from their first missionary trip, what did they tell Jesus? . Side texts: .
  2. 2.What did the Saviour then suggest? V. 31.
  3. 3.Where did they go? Verse 32. See note 1. Side texts: ; .
  4. 4.What did the people do when they heard that the Saviour had thus departed? . Side texts: .
  5. 5.How did Jesus feel upon meeting the people there? . Side texts: ; .
  6. 6.As the day closed, what request was made by the disciples? . Side texts: .
  7. 7.What conversation then followed between Jesus and some of His disciples? Verses 37, 38. Side texts: .
  8. 8.What were the disciples then asked to do? .
  9. 9.Before giving the loaves and fishes to be distributed by the disciples, what did Jesus do? . Side texts: .
  10. 10.What lesson in economy did He give? .
  11. 11.After sending away the people, where did Jesus go? and for what purpose? . Side texts: .
  12. 12.What experience did the disciples have on the sea? .
  13. 13.How did Jesus overtake the disciples on the sea? . See note 2. Side texts: .
  14. 14.Relate the circumstances which followed. . Side texts: .
  15. 15.Upon Christ and the disciples landing, what did the people do? . Side texts: .
  16. 16.Why did the people seek Jesus? . Side texts: .
  17. 17.What counsel did He give them? .
  18. 18.What did He declare concerning Himself? Verses 48-51.
  19. 19.What did He mean by this? Verse 63.

Notes

Reading.

chapters 38-41. "Spirit of Prophecy," vol. 2, chapters 20-22, 25.

1. The news of John's death had doubtless to do with suggesting the proposed rest. It was to Christ the warning that His labors in Galilee must also soon terminate through the people's rejection of Him, and the shadow of His own violent death as well. There were many things to communicate to His apostles which could not well be said before the multitude. Besides, they needed a spot for quiet meditation and prayer. The Bethsaida, or Fish-house, here mentioned as the place of retirement, is supposed to have been a place six miles from Capernaum, at the head of the Sea of Galilee, east of Jordan, sometimes called Julias, in honor of Julia, a daughter of Emperor Augustus. It was beyond the territory of Herod Antipas, and in the tetrarchy of Philip, therefore entirely distinct from the place by that name west of the Sea of Galilee.

2. Formerly the Jews had but three watches of the night, enumerated as the first, or "beginning of the watches (), the middle watch (), and the morning watch" (; ). These were respectively from sunset to 10 P. M., from 10 P. M. to 2 A. M., and from 2 A. M. to sunrise. At this time, however, they had mostly given up their own computation of the night watches, and adopted that of the Romans, namely, four watches, from 6 P. M. to 6 A. M., and known as even, midnight, cock-crowing, and morning. . The "fourth" watch must, therefore, have been between 3 and 6 o'clock in the morning.

Bible texts in this lesson

Matthew 14:13-36 · Mark 6:30-56 · John 6:12 · John 6:26 · John 6:27 · John 6:48-51 · John 6:63 · Mark 6:30 · John 15:5 · Luke 9:10 · Matthew 14:13 · Luke 9:11 · Mark 6:33 · Mark 6:34 · John 6:4 · John 6:35 · John 6:36 · Matthew 14:15 · John 6:5-9 · John 6:39 · John 6:40 · John 6:41 · 2 Kings 4:43 · Matthew 14:23 · Luke 6:12 · Luke 6:24 · Luke 6:25 · Job 9:2-8 · Job 9:26-33 · Mark 6:51 · Mark 6:52 · Mark 6:34-36 · John 6:22-25 · Matthew 14:22 · Matthew 14:27 · Lamentations 2:19 · Judges 7:19 · Exodus 14:24 · 1 Samuel 11:11 · Mark 13:35

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