Matthew 14: Feeding the Five Thousand
Why did Herod think Jesus was the spirit of John the Baptizer returned from the dead?
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What “wrongdoing” by John resulted in his imprisonment? By what right could he have been executed?
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Who would have been present at Herod’s birthday feast?
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Why was Herod so pleased with Herodias’s daughter’s dance?
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What did Herodias think she would gain by having John dead?
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Why did the daughter not ask for half the kingdom?
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Why couldn’t Herod judge the daughter’s request as absurd and say she would have to choose something else?
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Was the beheading of John a part of Herod’s birthday celebration? Why?
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How might John’s disciples have learned of John’s death? What gave them authority to claim the body and bury it?
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Could Jesus have known about John’s death prior to receiving news from John’s disciples? Why or how? What was his reaction to the news?
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If Jesus left by boat, how could people follow him on foot?
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If it was so late in the day, why hadn’t the crowd already left?
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Why did Jesus ask the disciples a question that was an obvious absurdity?
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In the distribution of fish and bread, exactly where do you think the multiplication took place?
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Where did the disciples get the twelve baskets they used to pick up the leftovers?
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What happened to the food that was left over?
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How much time would have been spent in distribution of the food?
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Why did Jesus send the disciples away without him?
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How much trouble might Jesus have had in being alone to pray? What might the content of his prayers have been?
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Why did Jesus walk on the water when he could just as easily have met the disciples on the far shore?
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After walking with Jesus for so long, why did they not recognize him and think they were seeing a ghost? Why was this frightening?
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How comforting do you think Jesus’ words were, when he said, “You do not need to be afraid”?
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Where did Peter get the idea that he could walk on water?
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Why didn’t the other disciples follow Peter on the water?
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How did the high waves affect Peter’s ability to walk straight toward Jesus?
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Why did Peter lose his ability to walk on the water?
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What caused the wind to calm when Jesus and Peter got into the boat?
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What did the disciples learn from the walking-on-water experience?
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After Jesus and the disciples reached shore, how quickly did a crowd gather?