Today’s passage: Mark 8:1-10
Helpful thoughts:
- This is a second miraculous feeding of a multitude of people. Mark records both instances, here and in chapter 6.
- It appears that this feeding of a multitude happens in Gentile territory. Jesus has also come to “feed” the Gentiles (John 6:35).
- These 4,000 people gathered and listened to Jesus’ teaching for 3 days straight with no food. Jesus feeds them beyond satisfaction in more than one way.
Questions to consider:
- What differences can you find in this account from Mark 6:30-44 that indicate this is a distinct miracle?
- Why does verse 4 seem odd? How would we suspect the disciples should have answered Jesus’ question? Why didn’t they (Mark 6:52)? How can this encourage us in our faithfulness as we proclaim the gospel message to the lost?
- What can we see in Jesus and learn from verse 3? How might He have displayed His omniscience? What was His concern? How did He show compassion?