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Mark 6:30-56

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletThe Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
bulletComparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit: The Man for Others.
bullet "Bread and Fish," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C. Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation.
bulletSome articles about the Qumran Fragment 7Q5 / Mark 6:52-53 thing:
bullet"7Q5: The Earliest NT Papyrus?" Daniel B. Wallace, Dallas Theological Seminary.
bullet"When the next sensational archaeological find is made, should not conservatives and liberals alike ask the question: Will we fairly examine the evidence, or will we hold the party line at all costs?"
bullet"Greek Qumran Fragment 7Q5: Possibilities and Impossibilities," by Carsten Peter Thiede.
bullet "Indiana Jones and the Gospel Parchments," by Gary Burge, from Christianity Today, October 28, 1996.
bulletPrimary comparative texts about Prayer and Piety at Dr Mahlon H Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the World of Jesus (Rutgers University). See esp "Hanina Stills A Storm."
bullet XIV.43 ; XVIII.22, 25, 28, 37, 39, 44; XVIX.12-15; Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 150-160).
bullet II.XXIV.4, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
bullet XI.2, XI.3, XI.5, XI.19, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
bullet On the Lapsed -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 251)
bulletFrom the Catena Aurea, Patristic Commentary by St Thomas Aquinas.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"Such as follow Christ will lack nothing, not even in the wilderness, but they will have an abundance. And how wicked a thing it is not to look during this temporal life to the hands of the one who gives everlasting life!"
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing should be told to their Lord."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"He sought privacy for undisturbed reflection on this begun preaching and progress of His kingdom. Once more, He was wearied with the multitude of "comers and goers"--depriving Him even of leisure enough to take His food--and wanted rest: "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while," &c. Under the combined influence of all these considerations, our Lord sought this change."
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
bullet Commentary, Mark 6:30-34, 53-56, Mark G. Vitalis Hoffman, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
bullet"It is more than the miracles and healings Jesus performed or the things he taught. It may actually take the gift of faith to recognize the one who died on the cross as the Christ, the Son of God, the Savior of the world."
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet A Brief Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 6:7 - 8:26, Carl W. Conrad. (Click superscript numbers for commentary.)
bullet "The First Feeding, of the 5,000," "Jesus Walks on Water," Michael A. Turton's Historical Commentary on the Gospel of Mark, "a complete verse-by-verse commentary on the Gospel of Mark, focusing on the historicity of people, places, events, and sayings in the world of the Gospel of Mark."
bullet "First Thoughts on Year B Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 7, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"The mission is so successful that one could be left wondering where it will end. Mark’s hearers then and now know that this is not the whole story, but it does not change the nature of the mission: to offer leadership in teaching and in acts of compassion that bring healing and set people free from what oppresses them."
bulletExegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen
bullet"Jesus, as the shepherd brings structure to chaos; wholeness to brokenness; "food" to the physically and mentally and spiritually hungry."
bullet "Not Just Bread," Rev. Todd Weir, bloomingcactus.
bullet"It’s easy to fall into trap of those who are trying to make Jesus the earthly King."
bullet "Hurried, Harried and Hassled, with No Time to Eat," Gospel Analysis, Sermons from Seattle, Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington. Detailed background and exegesis.
bullet"People wanted free bread and people wanted free healing. But the crowds did not especially want the kingdom and nor the king. Even so, Jesus had compassion on them."
bullet "There Is Jesus Crucified," Timothy J. Hoyer, Sabbatheology, The Crossings Community, 2009.
bullet"Today the church is the body of Jesus, the crucified Jesus."
bullet Marginally Mark, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
bullet "Sheep without a Shepherd," Jerry Goebel, One Family Outreach. "Focus on scripture from a justice perspective." Exegesis, study, and teen study and activities.
bullet Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 16B, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
bullet "Times of Refreshment," Ordinary 16B, Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com: A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel. Adult Study, Children's Story, Family Activity, Support Materials.
bullet"Do you have a hard time saying "No" to other people? Have you ever felt overwhelmed by others in need? Have you ever wanted a few moments peace? What happened?"
bullet "Sheep without a Shepherd," "Jesus Walks on the Water," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
bullet "Sheep and Shepherds," commentary by H. Stephen Shoemaker, The Christian Century, 2000. At Religion Online.
bullet"These days churches are tempted to mimic corporations, and pastors try to become CEOs. But these texts call us to re-imagine our life together as the people of God, and the texts’ images are of sheep and shepherds."
bullet "Watching from the Boat," Martin B. Copenhaver, The Christian Century, 1994.
bullet"The apostles learned two lessons: that the power of God can be at work through them, and that God can be at work without them. When their compassion was spent and their ability to respond to need exhausted, people were fed anyway, as if with manna from heaven, while the apostles could only watch from the boat."
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "Feeding the Multitude," "Walking on Water," "Mark 6: Feeding of the Five Thousand and Walking on Water," "Mark 6: Fringe of His Cloak," wikipedia.
bullet "Magic, Miracles, and The Gospel," L. Michael White. PBS From Jesus to Christ.
bullet"Probably in some ways, and more than any other issue within the development of early Christianity and the gospels tradition, miracles present one of the problematic areas."
bullet"Meals, Food and Tablefellowship." Jerome H. Neyrey, in The Social Sciences and New Testament Interpretation, 159-82. R. L. Rohrbaugh, ed. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1996.
bullet"How can readers understand the particular ceremony of meals and table fellowship? Why are meals so important as symbols of broader social relationships? How can we peer below the surface and grasp the social dynamics encoded in meals and commensality, what anthropologists call "the language of meals"?"
bullet "Jesus' Eating Transgressions and Social Impropriety in the Gospel of Mark: A Social Scientific Approach," Dietmar Neufeld, Biblical Theology Bulletin, 2000.
bullet"Food events provide an opportunity for Mark to portray Jesus in fierce debate with the religious elite from which he emerges an honorable man but for which he is eventually executed. Eating and food are occasions for Mark to present Jesus, not only as popular hero, but also as subversive sage."
bullet"Miracles, In Other Words: Social Science Perspectives on Healings," Jerome H. Neyrey, University of Notre Dame, 1995.
bullet"...we should attend to the institution in which the healing takes place, either kinship or politics. What roles does the family have in an illness? How are they socially and economically affected? What role do they play in the seeking of a cure? What costs do they pay or debts to they incur? What if the healing occurs in the political realm, even if this is a healing shrine such as the temple of Asclepius at Epidaurus? Healings, moreover, might have important political implications, for "prophets" arose, echoing themes of liberation and freedom. The political significance of the account of the healing by the Jewish Eleazar before the emperor Vespasian and his retinue should not be discounted (Josephus. Ant. 8.45-48)."
bullet Radical Shabbat: Free Time, Free People. Rabbi Arthur Waskow. "Living the Word," in Sojourners Online, May/June 2000.
bullet"Honorable work and restful renewal are both aspects of responsibility."
bullet"Sabbath Chic," Monique Parsons at BeliefNet, August 2000.
bullet"People of many faiths are finding the upside to downtime."
bullet "Keeping the Sabbath: Reviving a Christian Practice," Dorothy C. Bass. Adapted from Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People (1997). Republished at Religion OnLine.
bullet"One day to resist the tyranny of too much or too little work and to celebrate with God and others, remembering thereby who we really are and what is really important. One day that, week after week, anchors a way of life that makes a difference every day."
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bulletAchtemeier, Paul J., "Person and Deed: Jesus and the Storm-Tossed Sea," Interpretation, 1962.
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bulletBlomberg, Craig L., "New Testament Miracles and Higher Criticism: Climbing up the Slippery Slope," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1984.
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bulletCombs, Jason Robert, "A Ghost on the Water? Understanding an Absurdity in Mark 6:49-50," Journal of Biblical Literature, 2008.
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bulletCopenhaver, Martin B., "Watching from the Boat," The Christian Century, 1994.
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bulletDerrett, J. Duncan M., "Why and How Jesus Walked on the Sea," Novum Testamentum, 1981.
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bulletFee, Gordon D., "Some Dissenting Notes on 7Q5=Mark 6:52-53," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1973.
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bulletFleddermann, Harry, "'And He Wanted to Pass by Them' (Mark 6:48c)," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1983.
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bulletHays, Richard B., "Can the Gospels Teach Us How to Read the Old Testament?" Pro Ecclesia, 2002. (Section on this text begins on p. 409)
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bulletHedrick, Charles W., "Miracles in Mark: A Study in Markan Theology and Its Implications for Modern Religious Thought," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2007.
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bulletHenderson, Suzanne Watts, "'Concerning the Loaves' - Comprehending Incomprehension in Mark 6:45-52," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2001.
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bulletHiers, Richard H., "The Bread and Fish Eucharist in the Gospels and Early Christian Art," Perspectives in Religious Studies, 1975.
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bulletJackson, Gordon E., "Eucharist: Feeding and Faith," Theology Today, 1974.
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bulletJoy, David, "Markan Subalterns/the Crowd and their Strategies of Resistance: A Postcolonial Critique," Black Theology, 2005.
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bulletMatera, Frank J., "'He Saved Others; He Cannot Save Himself,' A Literary-
Critical Perspective on the Markan Miracles," Interpretation, 1993.
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bulletNaranjo-Huebl, Linda, "'Take, Eat': Food Imagery, the Nurturing Ethic, and Christian Identity in The Wide, Wide World, Uncle Tom's Cabin, and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," Christianity and Literature, 2007.
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bulletRichardson, Alan, "The Feeding of the Five Thousand," Interpretation, 1955.
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bulletShoemaker, H. Stephen, "Sheep and Shepherds," The Christian Century, 2000.
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bulletThiering, B.E., "'Breaking of Bread' and 'Harvest' in Mark's Gospel," Novum Testamentum, 1970.
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bulletToppin, Shirlyn, "'Soul Food' Theology: Pastoral Care and Practice through the Sharing of Meals: A Womanist Reflection," Black Theology, 2006.
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bulletWefald, Eric K., "The Separate Gentile Mission in Mark: A Narrative Explanation of Markan Geography, the Two Feeding Accounts and Exorcisms," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1995.
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bulletWiarda, Timothy, "Story-Sensitive Exegesis and Old Testament Allusions in Mark," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2006.
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bulletWilliamson, Lamar, Jr., "An Exposition of Mark 6:30-44," Interpretation, 1976.
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bulletWink, Walter, "The Education of the Apostles: Mark's View of Human Transformation," Religious Education, 1988.
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bulletYaqob, Olga, MVM, "The Face of God in Suffering: Iraq," Theology Today, 2006.
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bulletZink-Sawyer, Beverly, "Between Text & Sermon: Mark 6:30-34," Interpretation, 1997.
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bulletReviews:
bullet Review: Stefan Enste, Kein Markustext in Qumran: Eine Untersuchung der These: Qumran-Fragment 7Q5 = Mk 6,52-53. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000. Review by Craig A Evans in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
bulletSermons:
bullet "Jesus Means Compassion," Pentecost 7, 23 July 2006, Samuel D. Zumwalt, Göttinger Predigten im Internet: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
bullet "Be Still and Know," the Rev. Dr. Ozzie E. Smith, Day 1, 2006.
bullet "Hurried, Harried, and Hassled, with No Time to Eat," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
bullet "Are You Flowing in Your Anointing?" the Rev. Dr. Patrick Keen, Day 1, 2003.
bullet "Would Jesus Carry a Pager?" John Jewell, 2000.
bullet "Christ and His Celebrity," the Rev. Harvard Stephens, Day 1, 2000.
bulletFather Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily:
bullet Ordinary 16, 2009
bullet Ordinary 16, 2006
bullet Ordinary 16, 2000
bulletWith Children:
bullet "Time for a Vacation," and "Getting Away from It All!" Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
bullet "Being Alone," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
bullet "Jesus Gives Lunch to Thousands of People," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
bullet "Jesus Walks on the Water," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
bullet "Mark 5 & 6 Crossword," Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
bullet "Jesus Feeds 5,000," "Jesus Walks on Water," online computer java-based coloring pages from Grace Baptist Church of Feeding Hill.
bulletDrama:
bullet "Bertie from Bethsaida," Pete Smithies & Andy Lund, dramatix.
bullet "How to Feed a Party of 5000," Susan Cowsar, dramatix.
bullet "Five Loaves of Bread and Two Fish," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art Images: Mark 6:30-34, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
bullet Mark 6:30-34, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
bullet Mark 6:30-34, Mark 6:30-34, Mark 6:34-44, Mark 6:45-52, Mark 6:45-52, Mark 6:53-36, Mark 6:53-56, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
bullet Jesus Feeds 5000, Henry Martin, sermons4kids.com.
bulletHymns and Music:
bullet Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
bullet "When the Hungry Peoples' Chorus," original hymn by Stephen Hassmer, The United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Mark 6:31, 50. The Cyber Hymnal.
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bulletFeeding the Multitudes
bullet Storm on Galilee
bulletStorms
bulletEating/Feeding/Eucharist
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bulletCommunion/Eucharist
bulletHealings
bulletMiracles
bulletFaith
bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of Mark