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Luke 9:10-17
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1When Jesus had called the
Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and
to cure diseases,
2and he sent them out to
proclaim the
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10When the apostles returned,
they reported to Jesus what they had done. Then he took them with him and they
withdrew by themselves to a town called
11but the crowds learned
about it and followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the
12Late in the afternoon the
Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the
surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are
in a remote place here.”
13He replied, “You give them
something to eat.” They answered, “We have only five loaves of bread and two
fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.”
14(About five thousand men
were there.) But he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of
about fifty each.”
15The disciples did so, and
everyone sat down.
16Taking the five loaves and
the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he
gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people.
17They all ate and were
satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that
were left over.
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1)
Are verses 1 and 2
included in VisionCasting-Luke9.1-9?
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Yes.
2)
Why are verses 1
and 2 included here?
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They are included
here to provide continuity of context.
3)
According to
verse 10 what did the apostles do when they returned from proclaiming the
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They
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Reported to Jesus
what they had done.
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And were held
accountable by Jesus for it.
4)
According to
verses 10 and 11 what did the crowds do
when Jesus took the apostles with him and
they withdrew by themselves to a town called
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The crowds
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Learned about it.
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And followed him.
5)
According to
verse 11 what did Jesus do when the crowds
followed him?
o
Jesus
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Welcomed them.
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And spoke to them
about the
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And healed those
who needed healing.
6)
According to
verse 12 what concern did the Twelve
convey to Jesus late in the afternoon?
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The crowds should
be sent away.
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So
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They could
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Go to the
surrounding
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Villages.
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And countryside.
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And find
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Food.
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And lodging.
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Because they were
in a remote place.
7)
According to
verse 13 what did Jesus suggest that the disciples should do to address the
needs of the crowds?
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Jesus suggested
that the disciples give the crowds something
to eat.
8)
According to
verse 13 what did the disciples say that they would need to do if they were to
feed the crowds, given that they only had five
loaves of bread and two fish?
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They would need
to
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Go.
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And buy food for
all that crowd.
9)
According to
verse 14 how big were the crowds?
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About five
thousand men were there.
10)
According to
verses 14 and 15 what did the disciples do in response to Jesus’ instruction
for them to seat the crowds?
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They had the crowds sit down in groups of about fifty each.
11)
Looking up to
heaven, to whom did Jesus give thanks for the five loaves and two fish?
o
Jesus gave thanks
to God the Father.
12)
In accordance
with verse 16, how were the five loaves and two fish multiplied for feeding
such a large crowd?
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The five loaves
and two fish were multiplied in Jesus’ hands.
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As
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He
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Gave thanks to
God the Father.
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Broke them.
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And gave them to
the disciples to distribute to the people.
13)
In accordance
with verse 13 and then verse 16 what was the function of the disciples in
feeding the five thousand?
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The disciples
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Turned over their
limited resources to Jesus.
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Then served as
the channel for distributing the multiplied resources to the people.
14)
According to
verse 17 how much did the people have to eat?
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They
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All ate.
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And were
satisfied.
15)
According to
verse 17 how much leftover did the disciples pick up after people ate and were
satisfied?
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They picked up
twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that
were left over.
16)
How did what the
disciples got back compare with what they gave away?
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They got back
more than the
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Five loaves.
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And two fish.
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That
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They gave away.
17)
What lesson did
the disciples learn in meeting the needs of such a large crowd with such
limited resources that they turned over to Jesus?
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Whatever the
disciples turned over to Jesus, however insignificant, would
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Be multiplied
many times over in Jesus’ hand.
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And be
sufficient.
18)
How did this
episode of feeding five thousand begin to alter people’s idea of what they
wanted to get from Jesus?
o
From that point
on people had the motive of coming to Jesus for material gains.
19)
What kind of power
did this episode of multiplying large quantities of food entice the disciples to
crave for the sake of personal gains?
o
From that point on
the disciples craved miraculous power for personal gains.
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Luke 9:10-17
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