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JOHN –The Word Became Flesh • Unit 1: Jesus’ Public Ministry • Lesson 5: Relying On Our Only Hope Page 23
Things To
Think About
1. What does the
feeding of the 5,000
tell about Jesus‟
feeling for others?
many people because many were on their way to Jerusalem. It was
near the Feast of the Passover. They had to go to Jerusalem for this
feast. Many people were on the road. It was easy for them to
follow the crowd.
Jesus must have had sympathy for all the people. They were
tired and hungry. They must be fed. Phillip was from Bethsaida
(1:44). He knew that part of the country. Jesus asked him how they
2. Why did the other
disciples leave Jesus?
could feed so many. Phillip didn‟t know.
Then Andrew came to Jesus. He had found a boy who had
his lunch. It was made up of five small loves of barley bread and
3. If you had been by
the lake, would you
have left? Why not?
two small fish. This was the food of the very poor.
I have thought many times of that small boy. How did he
happen to be in that place at that time? What did he think when
Jesus took his lunch? Then, Jesus fed five thousand people with
five loves of bread and two little fish. What did that boy think
about the miracle?
And so the hungry crowd was fed. The little boy gave all he
had to Jesus. If we would do as the boy did, what miracles could
we see? If we give our lives to Jesus, what will He do with them?
We may not have much. But little is always much in the hands of
the Lord.
At that moment, the people were ready to accept Jesus as the
Messiah. He had fed them and healed them. But Jesus did not want
to be made a king. So he went alone again to the hill.
Bread for the soul (6:25-35, 48-51)
When we eat bread, we grow hungry again. The crowd was
just like us. They went after Jesus. They were asking him for more.