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26. Caring for the Needy and Commissioning Apostles

Mark 3:7-12, Mark 3:13-19

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Grant R. Osborne

... is astounding when we realize that just after casting out demons himself (1:25, 34, 39; 3:11), he confers his authority on his followers. They will succeed at this in 6:13 but fail in 9:14–29. 3:16 These are the twelve he appointed. The emphasis in the New Testament is on the Twelve as a group, not the individuals. We know nothing about most of them apart from their presence in the group. Still, they were the first leaders of the church and were its foundation (Eph. 2:20; Rev. 21:14). Here we can only ...

27. Don’t Get Into Things!

Luke 24:50-53

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Leonard Sweet

... for the “casting of lots” practice described in v.26. Peter cobbles together some texts from the Psalms (108:8; 68:26) to provide additional scriptural validations for the necessity of choosing a new member to be apart of the inner circle, The Twelve. Just as it was “necessary” to fulfill scripture that Judas betrayed Jesus, so it is now “necessary” for a new member be selected to take his place. Peter himself then proposes the requirements for “applicants” — one who had been present since ...

28. Solomon's Officials and Governors

1 Kings 4:1-19

Understanding Series

Iain W. Provan

... consonants are identical with our Arubboth; this is a Judean town. We thus have one Judean town mentioned along with another that could be Judean, in a district whose name can plausibly be connected with a third. It therefore seems apparent that the twelve district governors represented Solomon in all of Israel, including Judah. 4:20 The consequence of the new system of organization is that Judah and Israel . . . ate . . . drank . . . were happy. Solomon’s concern in 3:8–9 had been that he would not ...

29. Epilogue to the Law of the Temple: River, Land, City

Ezekiel 47:1-12, Ezekiel 47:13-23, Ezekiel 48:1-29, Ezekiel 48:30-35

Understanding Series

Steven Tuell

... text, we move smoothly from the description of the river, which brings new life to the land (vv. 1–12), to a description of the borders of that land: “These are the boundaries by which you are to divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel” (v. 13). They are to divide the land equally among them (v. 14), thereby correcting old disputes about inequities in property, power, and privilege among the people. It may at first seem that the provision for two portions for Joseph (v. 13 ...

30. Eleven Plus One

Acts 2:1-13

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Leonard Sweet

... as Alison Stein Wellner observes, the car has become "a nonhuman member of the family, more costly than a pet, less expensive than a child. The one part of the American Dream that actually moves" ("Who Is In The House?" American Demographics). If The Twelve were alive today, the assumption is their personalities would be reflected in their choice of automobiles. There's a Web site where you give them your personality characteristics, and they'll select a car for you that embodies your personality. So let's ...

31. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

John 6:1-15

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... this very passage in John or on the incident it describes: “As this broken bread was scattered upon the mountains, but was brought together and became one, so let your church be gathered together from the ends of the earth into your kingdom” (Didache 9.4). The twelve baskets of bread left over are here understood to represent the Christian church kept safe in the world by the power of God. As the bread is gathered in twelve baskets, so the church is personified in twelve apostles (cf. 6:70; 17:12; 18:9 ...

32. A Man Who Wanted to Burn a City

Luke 9:46-50

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R. Blaine Detrick

... We too can be changed by meeting Jesus. Aggressiveness Why did Jesus give John this nickname, Son of Thunder? Several biblical incidents can give us a clue. One day, John met a man who had been casting out devils in the name of Jesus - although he was not one of the twelve. John reported to Jesus and said, "Look, Lord, I rebuked the man. I told him he must stop his work." I can picture Jesus as he replied, "Hold on, John. Take it easy. He’s a good man; he’s doing what he can. Don’t disturb him. Simmer ...

33. Getting Ready for the Passover

Luke 22:7-38, Luke 22:1-6

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R.T. France

... God. It is to be commemorated by his followers as they share bread and wine “in remembrance of me.” The theme of a new beginning for the people of God is also developed in the saying in 22:28–30 about the future reign of his disciples over “the twelve tribes of Israel.” At this stage, the future kingdom of God is envisaged within the confines of Israel, but in 24:47 it will become clear that all nations are now invited to share the benefits of Jesus’s saving death; Luke will go on to explore in ...

34. The Disciples Confess Jesus as the Messiah

Matthew 16:1-4, Matthew 16:5-12, Matthew 16:13-20

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Jeannine K. Brown

... the first time by a person in Matthew’s story (16:16), providing the climactic moment of Jesus’ Galilean ministry (4:17–16:20). Matthew highlights themes of revelation (16:17; see 11:25; 13:35) and the promise of authority for Peter and the Twelve (16:18–20; see 18:18; 28:18–20). Yet the placement of this confession immediately before Jesus’ first passion prediction (16:21) and Peter’s subsequent rebuke (16:22) indicates that Peter and the other disciples do not understand the kind of Messiah ...

35. Christmas 1

Lk 2:41-52 · Col 3:12-17 · 1 Sam 2:18-20, 26

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John R. Brokhoff

... all areas of life. Lesson 1 - Committed to God's service. Lesson 2 - Put on Christ. On this first Sunday after Christmas, we are reminded that a baby needs to become an adult. The focus is upon God's children as we look at the little boy, Samuel, and the twelve-year-old Jesus. Even children and youth have a God-consciousness and can serve God. We learn this with the child, Samuel, who is dedicated by his mother to serve at Shiloh. As a youth Jesus has a unique insight into who he is and what his purpose in ...

36. Watch Your Step

Mark 6:1-6

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Leonard Sweet

... made those teaching and healing moments possible. Jesus sent his twelve disciples out on their first mission with specific directives about how what to bring. But he did not buy them a bus ticket. Like everyone in first century, the first mission of the twelve was accomplished on foot. They walked. They walked from village to village. They meandered on foot across farmland and city streets. And like all first century travelers, the first thing the people they were visiting saw was how they walked up to them ...

37. If You Are A Disciple of Jesus Christ

Luke 6:17-26, Luke 6:12-16

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Bill Bouknight

... be with him constantly. We usually refer to those twelve as the disciples, but he actually designated them to be apostles. The word "apostle" comes from the Greek "apostolos" and means "someone who is sent out." The first thing that strikes you about the twelve whom Jesus chose is how ordinary they were. None of them was educated, famous, or influential. Only one, Matthew, had much money, and he had gotten it dishonestly. The other thing that strikes you about the apostles is their diversity. Though all of ...

38. A Lack of Faith

Mark 6:1-6

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Richard A. Jensen

... of Jesus in establishing the kingdom is an attack on the world of the demonic. (See 1:21-28, 34, 39; 3:14-15, 20-30; 5:1-20.) Jesus, therefore, gives the twelve authority over the unclean spirits (6:7). In a report of their ministry we hear that they cast out many demons and healed many that were sick (6:13). The ministry of the twelve will be much like that of Jesus. Some will receive them, some will not (6:10-11). The mystery of faith remains! It is very interesting that Jesus sent his disciples out ...

39. Proper 6

Luke 7:36-50, Galatians 2:11-21, 1 Kings 21:1-29, Psalm 5:1-12

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William E. Keeney

... noted in the pericope. The first is the three people at the meal: Jesus, Simon the Pharisee, and the woman of the city. The second set of three is the creditor, the large debtor, and the small debtor. The third is in the verses that talk about Jesus, the twelve, and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities. People can look for themselves in any of the three in each set. If they have a depth encounter with Christ they may see their life as Jesus living in them. If they see themselves as ...

40. “Who Is This?”

Luke 9:10-17, Luke 9:1-9

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R.T. France

... ) and thus perhaps also of the eschatological messianic banquet (Isa. 25:6–8). The inclusion of a large and mixed group of people in such a meal, not just the disciples, speaks of the breadth of the coming kingdom of God. Teaching the Text The mission of the Twelve is probably best approached in conjunction with the mission of the seventy-two in 10:1–12, since the principles of the mission are very much the same but are more fully spelled out there. But here in 9:1–2 we have a more explicit listing ...

41. Crossing the Jordan

Joshua 3:1-4:24

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Gary M. Burge

... spectacular miracles, the crossing of the Red Sea (cf. Exod. 14:21–22), it indeed sends a clear message to Israel that the Lord is with Joshua just as he was with Moses (cf. 3:7). When the whole of Israel has crossed over, the Lord gives further instructions concerning the twelve men chosen earlier (4:2–3; cf. 3:12). They are each to take a stone from the middle of the river, where the priests carrying the ark stand, and carry it to the camp where they will be spending the night. In 4:2–3, as in 3:7 ...

42. When Is Being Right Wrong?

Romans 3:19-28

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Rick Brand

... . I do not know who made them up, but I got them by e-mail off the Internet, so I know that makes them official. The Twelve Rules of Life: Never give yourself a haircut after three drinks. There are only two tools required: WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn' ... to honor, and to recognition, to praise; and the more we create division and separation in the community. We want a list like the twelve rules of life because as long as we keep trying to find our joy, our rest, our peace, our salvation in the keeping ...

43. Tough Talk for Tentative Disciples

John 6:56-69

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Robert Leslie Holmes

... further with him. Second, it weeds out shallowness of commitment from among them. As a result, thousands drop out. Now, Jesus turns to the twelve and asks his pointed question: "You do not want to leave too, do you?" It is a make-up-your-mind moment of ... popular. Because he knows who he is, the crowd's departure in this passage does not panic him. With boldness and certainty, he asks the twelve, "You do not want to leave too, do you?" (John 6:67). How can he do that? Only because he knows that his truth will ...

44. Good Old What’s-His-Name

John 14:15-31

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Donald B. Strobe

... strong tradition suggests that this man, too, was tinged with Zealot sympathies. He was still looking for a visible kingdom of God on earth, led by Jesus, who would slay His foes and lift high His friends, and he hoped to be one of the Twelve who would sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. (Cf. Matthew 19:28) But Jesus’ answer caught this fellow off guard, and may well be taken as a rebuke to his violent Zealot sympathies. Jesus said to him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word, and my ...

45. Pray, Baby, Pray

Philippians 2:1-11

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Leonard Sweet

... Pilate, and by the people who voted for “Barabas.” Jesus chose twelve disciples, twelve who became his friends and family, twelve whom he taught and trusted and loved. But Jesus was sabotaged by Judas, and if truth be told, by every one of The Twelve. It was not just Judas who betrayed Jesus. Jesus teaches us how to deal with our successes — with humility and faithfulness to our larger mission. But Jesus also shows us how to deal with our saboteurs. If you have twelve friends, twelve co-workers ...

46. The Parable of the Sower

Mark 4:1-20

Understanding Series

Larry W. Hurtado

... in a scene similar to 3:7–12, where Jesus teaches at the shore of the Lake of Galilee from a fishing boat. As we noted before, a boat is featured often in Mark’s narrative, being a kind of symbol for the fellowship of Jesus and the Twelve in the Galilean ministry. Second, the sowing action here is that of ancient Palestinian agriculture, the sower walking through a field and throwing seed by hand over the ground, which was then plowed to bury the seed. This explains how seed in the parable seems to go ...

47. Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

Luke 9:10-17

Understanding Series

Craig A. Evans

... 2) the fact that the evangelist has omitted a large section of Mark (6:45–8:26, sometimes called Luke’s “Big Omission”) in which the second feeding story occurs (see note below). Verse 10 takes up where 9:1–6 left off. In 9:1–6 the Twelve had been sent to heal and to preach. The news of their activities spread throughout Galilee so that its ruler, Herod, began to wonder who this person Jesus was. With the return of the apostles and the withdrawal to Bethsaida the stage is set for the miraculous ...

48. Little Jimmy

Mark 3:13-19

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Donald B. Strobe

... ; and what I ought to do, I will do...with the help of God.” James may have been “the little,” or “the less,” and we may not know much about just exactly who he was, but he knew who he was, and Whose he was. He was one of the Twelve, a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ. And that was all that mattered. When Christian Herter was running hard for reelection as Governor of Massachusetts, one day he arrived late for a barbecue. He’d had no breakfast or lunch, and he was famished. As he moved down the ...

49. One Bad Apple

Matthew 26:47-56

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Donald B. Strobe

... of God would play with human life as pawns on the chessboard of life? Not the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Judas had a choice regarding what to do with his life, even as you and I. Yes, I know that Jesus said to the Twelve: “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” That sounds like Judas was a devil from the beginning. But I take it to mean that Judas had the capacity for devilishness. I don’t take it to mean that Judas’ lot in life was predetermined. Later on, Jesus ...

50. Jesus Warns of Presuming Reward and Status

Matthew 20:1-16

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Jeannine K. Brown

... ) that would be generally understandable in the Greco-Roman world but in a Jewish context would signal the eschatological time of the Messiah, when all things would be made new. sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Jesus indicates that the Twelve, whose number signals the twelve tribes of Israel and so represents the reconstitution of Israel, will have a role alongside Jesus at the final judgment. 19:29 or wife. Some early manuscripts do not include “or wife” (e gynaika), and ...

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