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61) John
the Baptist Beheaded - Matthew
14:1-12 -
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a) Matthew
14:1-2 - Who
is Herod? -
(See Nelson's Bible Dictionary)
- Herod the Great was the son of
Antipater to witch is an Idumean
by decent
from the Edomite's stock descendants
of ESAU., a procurator that was
appointed over all Judea by Julius
Caesar. Herod was
the
oldest son of Antipater and it was
Herod's Dad that appointed Herod Governor of
Galilee of Judea. Herod was ruthless
in maintaining order & for fighting
throughout Judea, and he was a
cunning negotiator, and a subtle
diplomat. - So Herod heard about
the fame & miracles of our Lord
Jesus Christ after the time John the
Baptist was beheaded thinking that
Jesus Christ was the resurrected
John the Baptist because of all of
the Miracles that Jesus Christ did.
b) MSN
Works 9 Dictionary Definition of
(Tetrarch) -
tet·rarch tet·rarch [té trrk]
(plural tet·rarchs) n
1. ruler
of quarter of country: the ruler of
a quarter of a country or province
2. joint ruler: one of four joint
rulers
3. subordinate prince: a ruler of a
subordinate principality, especially
in the eastern provinces of the
Roman Empire
4. phalanx commander: the commander
of a subdivision of a Macedonian
phalanx in ancient Greece
[Pre-12th century. Via late Latin
tetrarcha < Greek tetrarkhēs "four
ruling" < arkhēs "ruler"]
-te·trar·chic [te trrkik], , adj
c) Matthew
14:3-5 - Herod
Thrown John the Baptist in Prison -
It was Herod's brothers wife and
Herod that wanted to put John the
Baptist
to death
because John openly spoke to where
are the people could hear kept
announcing and reminding Herod and
Herodias that it is not lawful for
Herod to have her since she belonged
to another man, Herod's Brother.
Herod would have put John to death
already but he was afraid that the
people would riot and most likely
have his head since they all
considered John a prophet.
d) Matthew
14:6-12 - John
Beheaded, He Becomes Less -
Herodias seen a great opportunity to
silence John the Baptist by telling
her
daughter
to which was seducing King Herod
with her dancing to ask him for the
Head of John the Baptist. This was
Gods plan though in order for John
to become less so that all of the
attention would be placed on Jesus
Christ instead of John the Baptist.
If John would have not been killed
then John would have been on center
stage instead of Jesus Christ.
62) Jesus
Feeds the Five Thousand - Matthew
14:13-21 -
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a) Matthew
14:13 - Jesus
Mourned -
After Jesus heard about the death of
John the Baptist his cousin, he left
there to go to a deserted place
so that
he can mourn over the death of John
the Baptist in private. Jesus had
great love for him as Jesus Christ
said that there is no greater
prophet than John the Baptist Mt
11:10-11!
b) Matthew
14:14 - Jesus
Compassion on The People -
After Jesus mourned the death of his
cousin John the Baptist he came out
and saw
that the
people were all hurting and sick
people to where they were so
desperate that they followed Jesus
by walking around the large lake in
the hope that he would heal their
sicknesses. So Jesus did heal their
sick because of him feeling sorry
for the peoples bondages of
sicknesses. This was also done to
show that he was sent from God, God
in the flesh.
c) Matthew
14:15-20 - The
Miracle & Power of Jesus Christ -
The disciples were concerned for the
people because it has been a long
time
since
they have eaten. They said to Jesus
to send them away to the towns so
they can eat, but Jesus told them
you feed them even though they only
had 5 lives of bread and 2 fish. I
can only imagine the shock on the
disciples faces when Jesus told them
to feed the people. But they did as
Jesus told them, and by his power
there were plenty of food to go
around with 12 baskets of food left
over.
d) Matthew
14:21 - Great
Multitude Followed Jesus -
The scriptures tells us there were
about 5000 men. And it seems that
complete
families
have followed Jesus Christ and in
those days families usually consist
of at least 6 children and mom and
dad. SO the total number that
actually were following Jesus
including the women and children
were at least 35 thousand roughly
speaking.
63) Jesus
Walks on the Water - Matthew
14:22-33 -
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a) Matthew
14:22-23 - Jesus
to be by Himself -
The reason why Jesus sent his
disciples away ahead of him to
Bethsaida from
Capernaum
seems to be for 2 reasons. One was
so that Jesus can go and spend time
in private with his Father God in
talking (Praying) to him. The other
reason seems to show the disciples
another miracle to try and get them
to have more Faith and Trust in him
as Peter first did by Jesus walking
on the water (Mt
4:25-31).
b) Matthew
14:24-27 - The
Disciples Afraid -
It seems that the Disciples were in
a small boat in order for the Sea
Waves to buffet it like they
did!
When Jesus came walking on the sea
to the disciples they were greatly
afraid of him thinking that Jesus
was a ghost because Jesus seem to
float on the sea and usually only
ghost were known to do that. But
Jesus took their fear away saying
that it is him.
c) Matthew
14:28-32 - Peters
Lack of Faith -
It seems here that Peter needed
verification that it was Jesus
Christ that was walking on the sea,
instead
of some ghost. So Peter asked Jesus
to command him to come to him out on
the water. Peter had first had
Faith and focus on Jesus Christ but
as soon as he took his focus off of
Jesus Christ and put his focus on
things around him, the troubles, he
started sinking into the sea! But
with Peters Faith and trust in Jesus
Christ he yelled out to him, SAVE
ME, and Jesus did save him from
drowning, from the troubles at hand!
d) Matthew
14:33 - Jesus,
as Son of God Revealed -
Because of the Miracle of Jesus
Christ walking on the sea, and
saving Peter from
drowning
all of the disciples at that point
found out, that is realized the true
Identity of Jesus Christ. That he is
the Son of God!
64) That
Which Defiles - Matthew
15:1-20
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a) Matthew
15:1-2 - Pharisees
Only Considers Traditions -
Here we note that the Pharisees and
Teachers of the law like many of
hypocritical
religions
are only concerned with the outward
traditional/ceremonial act rather
than what's in the heart of a man (Mt
15:17-20)!
So with this we all should be more
concerned with the heart, not
weather we take part in traditions
of men (Mk
7:4, v8 to 14).
b) Matthew
15:3-6 - Jesus
Christ Rebukes the
Pharisees/Teachers of Law -
Jesus Christ sets them straight
right way with showing them so
-called
righteous people have a habit of
breaking Gods Laws and setting aside
his commands for the sake of their
sinful religious traditions. They
evidently seem to think that their
own ideas are better than God. Yet
they criticize others for seems to
break Gods Laws when they them
selves have a habit of breaking Gods
Laws!
c) Matthew
15:7-9 - Isaiah
Prophesied Concerning those
Hypocrites -
The Pharisees and the Teachers of
the Law are all about manmade
rules and
traditions instead of their hearts
being in-love with God and his Holy
Words. Instead of Loving their
neighbors as usual. Jesus Christ is
telling them pretty much that their
worship of God is completely
worthless since their hearts are
cold as ice, their understanding are
as if they were in a coma and their
hearing of truth has not stopped in
their hearts and brains on the way
through their ears!
As Jesus
Christ has said before; Matthew
13:14 In them
is fulfilled the prophecy
of Isaiah:"'
You will be
ever hearing but
never understanding; you will be
ever seeing
but never perceiving. 15 For this people's heart
has become calloused;
they hardly hear
with theirears,
and they have closed
their eyes.
Otherwise they might see with
their eyes,
hear with their ears,
understand with their hearts
and turn, and I would heal them.
d) Matthew
15:10-11 - The
Mouth Speaks from a Defiled Heart - Jesus
Christ teaches the crowd and want
them fully understand this
teaching
of us in the Hope that they do not
do what the Pharisees do (Mt
23:1-7). They
do not practice what they preach!
What ever is
in the
heart if it be hidden or known by
others if it be evil will come out
of their mouth and their behaviors.
We must Guard our hearts and minds
from the evil one (Satan) (1Co
16:13, PHP
4:7, 1Ti
6:20, 2Ti 1:14, 2Pe 3:17).
e) Matthew
15:12-14 - Disciples
concerned that the Pharisees were
offended -
For some reason it seems here that
the disciples were more
concerned
about offending the Pharisees
instead of understanding the message
of Jesus Christ Teaching. They were
thinking more in a worldly way
rather than Gods way, spiritual that
is. So because of that Jesus here
in (Mt 15:13) is warning them about
following the Pharisees since their
path is on the way to hell. He
tells them they are blind, meaning
not knowing nor obeying Gods
truths. Anyone who follows such
preachers will end up in hell not
heaven!
f) Matthew
15:15-20 - The
Disciples Still Not Understanding -
Jesus again try's to explain his
teaching to them more in detail this
time
regarding
what's in a mans heart is what make
a man wicked, worldly, if that is
the path the man has chosen for him
self. This also shows us that no
matter how much we say we believe in
Jesus Christ, if we practice sins
such as murder of the heart (Mt
5:21-22) ,
adultery of the heart (Mt
5:27-29)
etc we will end up in hell
regardless (Ro
1:28-32)!
And as
Apostle Paul has Said; 1
Corinthians 6:9 Do
you not know that the wicked
will not
inherit the kingdom
of God?
Do not be deceived: Neither the
sexually immoral nor idolaters nor
adulterers nor male
prostitutes
nor homosexual offenders 10 northieves nor
the greedy nor drunkards
nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit
the kingdom
of God. 1
65) The
Faith of a Canaanite Woman - Matthew
15:21-28 -
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a) Matthew
15:21 - Jesus
Moves to a New Location -
Jesus Christ and the Disciples moved
from Galilee to the Sea Costal
regions NW of
there
about 30 to 40 miles to Tyre/Sidon
regions to further spread the good
news. It seems here Jesus intent
was to reach all of Israel with the
good news of his glorious Kingdom by
traveling so far away to the NW
Coast of Israel.
b) Matthew
15:22 - Calling
Jesus Christ Messiah -
When this Canaanite women call Jesus
Christ "Son of David" is the same as
calling Jesus
Christ
Messiah since it is "David's Throne
(Heritage)" that the Messiah would
come from (Mt
1:1, Mk 12:35-37).
This women is was very desperate as
any of us would be to have her
daughter healed from demon position
that she ran to Jesus Christ asking
him for "MERCY" for her daughter.
Yet it seems that this Canaanite
women was not Jewish (Mt
15:23-26).
Instead she seems to be a Gentile.
We must not forget that Noah cursed
Canaan, Ham's son because Ham seen
Noah Nakedness (Gen
9:22-24).
Due to that the who land of Canaan
was cursed!
c) Matthew
15:23-26
- Jesus
Christ Ignores the Woman Cries for
Mercy -
The reason why Jesus Christ was
ignoring the woman cries for
mercy was
because she is a cursed woman from a
cursed land that was looked down on
by Israel (Gen
9:22-24).
Yet even the disciples became very
annoyed with the woman and wanted
Jesus Christ to send her away. So
Jesus responded to her that he was
only sent to the lost sheep of
Israel, meaning to the Jew first
then to the Gentile (Ro
1:16).
It was not yet time for the Gentile
it seems. But Now there is no
Partiality from God, Jew or Gentile
for we are all one in Jesus Christ (Ro
10:12, Gal 3:28, Col 2:11).
d) Matthew
15:27-28 - The
Gentile Woman Great Faith -
Because of this woman persistence
and great faith in Jesus Christ he
healed her
daughter
at that very moment without any
physical show of power as so many so
called today's healers do!
66) Jesus
feeds the four thousand - Matthew
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a) Matthew
15:29- 31 - The
Desperation of the People -
There were so much sickness and
disease among the people that can
not be treated
like in
today's times, the people would
flock to get a healing from Jesus so
they would not be suffering any
longer as they have. Healings
especially from the power of God
were something that didn't normally
happen except when people went to a
certain pool (John
5:1-7).
God would
get the glory (praises) from the
people because of Jesus Christ
healings!
b) Matthew
15:32-39 - Compassion
& Miracles
of Jesus Christ -
Now at this point Jesus Christ was
very concerned for the people since
they had
nothing to eat for 3 days, that he
told the disciples to give them
something to eat. We must note that
the people were so desperate for
healings that they even went 3 days
with nothing to eat, that includes
the women and children as well. Now
the disciples evidently forgot about
the miracles that Jesus did in
feeding the five thousand plus
people (Matthew
14:13-21).
It seems here that it is the Jewish
people habit in forgetting the
Miracles that God does as they did
in the Parting of the Red Sea,
escape from Egypt and so on. This
must be a major lack of faith on
the Jewish side of things as usual.
You would think that the disciples
would be completely shocked that
food kept
appearing as if from no where.
67) The
Demand for a Sign - Matthew
16:1-4 -
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a) Matthew
15:29 - Jesus
Departed from Tyre & Sidon Regions -
Jesus Christ our Lord departed from
the regions of Tyre and Sidon and
headed
most likely North Eastward to the
Sea of Galilee and traveled along
the cost of the lake. As this time I
do not know if he traveled up the
cost northward or southward. But we
do know that he came to a mountain
and sit there most likely for the
purpose of teaching and healing the
people.
b) Matthew
15:30 - Healings
of the Multitudes -
So after Jesus Christ our Lord sit
on the mountain, the Multitudes
brought many of people
who were
sick with all sorts of sicknesses
physical and diseased. Jesus as
usual seemed to have great
compassion on them, cause they were
like lost sheep and yet they did not
understand who Jesus really was.
That is The Son Of God.
c) Matthew
15:31- They
Glorified God -
When the people seen for them selves
so many people being healed of all
sorts of diseases and
physical
disabilities and such they gave
thanks and glorified God for the
healings, to which is right since
all of the healings were done from
the power of God through his son
Jesus Christ.
68) The
Yeast/Pharisees & Sadducees - Matthew
16:5-12-
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a) Matthew
15:32-33 - Jesus
Compassion on The Gentile Multitude -
Jesus and his disciples went around
the sea of Galilee preaching the
Gospel,
and healing to which are the regions
of the Gentiles. Now Jesus showed
the disciples that he accepts the
gentiles as well as the Jews by
healing their sicknesses and
diseases to which is against the
Jewish beliefs since the gentiles
are considered unclean. Jesus showed
his great Love and concern even for
the gentiles. Jesus even had concern
for the multitudes welfare in that
he didn't want to send them away
hungry since for 3 days they have
not eaten while they were following
him. But the disciples didn't know
where to get enough bread to feed
them.
b) Matthew
15:34-37 - 7
Loaves of Bread & a Few Fish -
Jesus performed another miracles by
taking 7 loaves of bread and a few
fish and
fed the
great multitude with 7 baskets of
food left over when all were done
eating.
c) Matthew
15:38-39 - 4000
+ Women & Children ate -
Now the number of men that ate were
4000 and most had brought their
wives and
children
with them to which a rough estimate
of at least 20,000 people were
actually fed. Then after he sent
the multitude away he and the
disciples went to the region of
Magdala.
69) Peter
declares the Jesus is Messiah - Matthew
16:13-20 -
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a) Matthew
16:1 - The
Pharisees Pretense -
The Pharisees pretended to wanting a
sign to prove Jesus was from God and
working for God,
even
though many signs has already been
shown to them and the people through
his miracles and proving the
prophecies concerning him from the
Old Testament. The Pharisees
intended to try and trap Jesus in
his words.
b) Matthew
16:2-3 - The
Pharisees Can not Discern -
As Jesus Christ has pointed out to
the Pharisees that they can look at
the sky and
tell if
it is going to rain or not and yet
they can not discern the signs of
the times, that the Kingdom of
Heaven is at hand through the
promised Messiah Jesus Christ.. An
din Jesus answer, Jesus, Proverbs
26:5 answers
a fool according to his folly, lest
he be wise in his own eyes.
c) Matthew
16:4 - They
Receive only the Sign of Jonah -
Jesus Christ calls them a wicked and
adulterous generation that seeks a
sign
especially since many signs and
prophecies fulfilled has been shown
and given to them. But Jesus will
give them another sign, the sign of
Jonah, that is as Jonah was 3 days
in the belly of a fish, Jesus shall
be 3 days in the belly of the earth
and rise again on the 3rd day. And
that sign the Pharisees, Sadducees
and the rest of the Jews will also
reject as well even though 500
righteous people also rises from the
gave and walk among the people as
well.
70) Jesus
predicts hi death - Matthew
16:21-28 -
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a) Matthew
16:5-7 - Beware
of False Doctrines -
When Jesus told the disciple to
beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and Sadducees, the
disciples
mind set wasn't more on a worldly
thinking rather than a spiritual
one. In the OT leaven represented
the yeast that caused dough to rise,
in spiritual means it represents sin
(political and moral corruption),
but it wasn't just sin that Jesus
Christ was referring to here, it was
also the doctrines (the
beliefs/teachings) of the Pharisees
and Sadducees that Jesus Christ was
warning about.
b) Nelsons
Bible Dictionary (Doctrine) - DOCTRINE;
A body of beliefs about God, man,
Christ, the church, and other
related concepts
considered authoritative and thus
worthy of acceptance by all members
of the community of faith.
c) Matthew
16:8-11 - Disciples
of Little Faith -
The disciples thinking Jesus was
speaking about bread not remembering
that Jesus can easily
create a
miracle of giving them food. There
Faith wasn't were it should have
been, so Jesus reminded them of that
and told them that he was speaking
about bread, but about the False Doctrines of
the Pharisees and Sadducees.
d) Matthew
16:12 - The
Disciples Finally Understood -
After Jesus had to tell the
disciples directly that he wasn't
talking about bread that
finally
got it and understood about he was
speaking about the False doctrines of
the church leaders and their
followers.
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