PART VIII: THE SPECIAL TRAINING OF THE TWELVE IN DISTRICTS AROUND

GALILEE SECTIONS 72-95 Sect. 72: THE FIRST RETIREMENT. THE TWELVE RETURN, AND JESUS RETIRES WITH THEM BEYOND THE LAKE TO REST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND Mark 6:30-44; Matt. 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13. Sect. 73: THE PREVENTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY PURPOSE TO PROCLAIM JESUS KING (A POLITICAL MESSIAH) Mark 6:45-46; Matt. 14:22-23; John 6:14-15. Sect. 74: THE PERIL TO THE TWELVE IN THE STORM AT SEA AND CHRIST'S COMING TO THEM ON THE WATER IN THE DARKNESS Mark 6:47-52; Matt. 14:24-33; John 6:16-21. Sect. 75: THE RECEPTION AT GENNESARET Mark 6:53-56; Matt. 14:34-36. Sect. 76: THE COLLAPSE OF THE GALILEAN CAMPAIGN BECAUSE JESUS WILL NOT CONFORM TO POPULAR MESSIANIC EXPECTATIONS John 6:22-71. Sect. 77: PHARISEES FROM JERUSALEM REPROACH JESUS FOR ALLOWING HIS DISCIPLES TO DISREGARD THEIR TRADITIONS ABOUT CEREMONIAL DEFILEMENT OF THE HANDS. A PUZZLING PARABLE IN REPLY Mark 7:1-23; Matt. 15:1-20; John 7:1. Sect. 78: THE SECOND WITHDRAWAL TO THE REGION OF TYRE AND SIDON AND THE HEALING OF THE DAUGHTER OF A SYRO-PHOENICIAN WOMAN Mark 7:24-30; Matt. 15:21-28. Sect. 79: THE THIRD WITHDRAWAL NORTH THROUGH PHOENICIA AND EAST TOWARDS HERMON AND SOUTH INTO DECAPOLIS (KEEPING OUT OF THE TERRITORY OF HEROD ANTIPAS) WITH THE HEALING OF THE DEAF AND DUMB MAN AND THE FEEDING OF THE FOUR THOUSAND Mark 7:31-8:9; Matt. 15:29-38. Sect. 80: THE BRIEF VISIT TO MAGADAN (DALMANUTHA) IN GALILEE AND THE SHARP ATTACK BY THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES. (NOTE THEIR APPEARANCE NOW AGAINST JESUS) Mark 8:10-12; Matt. 15:39-16:4. Sect. 81: THE FOURTH RETIREMENT TO BETHSAIDA JULIAS IN THE TETRARCHY OF HEROD PHILIP WITH SHARP REBUKE OF THE DULNESS OF THE DISCIPLES ON THE WAY ACROSS AND THE HEALING OF A BLIND MAN IN BETHSAIDA Mark 8:13-26; Matt. 16:5-12. Sect. 82: NEAR CAESAREA PHILIPPI JESUS TESTS THE FAITH OF THE TWELVE IN HIS MESSIAHSHIP Mark 8:27-30; Matt. 16:13-20; Luke 9:18-21. Sect. 83: JESUS DISTINCTLY FORETELLS THAT HE, THE MESSIAH, WILL BE REJECTED AND KILLED AND WILL RISE THE THIRD DAY Mark 8:31-37; Matt. 16:21-26; Luke 9:22-25. Sect. 84: THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN IN THAT GENERATION Mark 8:38-9:1; Matt. 16:27-28; Luke 9:26-27. Sect. 85: THE TRANSFIGURATION OF JESUS ON A MOUNTAIN (PROBABLY HERMON) NEAR CAESAREA PHILIPPI Mark 9:2-8; Matt. 17:1-8; Luke 9:28-36. Sect. 86: THE PUZZLE OF THE THREE DISCIPLES ABOUT THE RESURRECTION AND ABOUT ELIJAH ON THEIR WAY DOWN THE MOUNTAIN Mark 9:9-13; Matt. 17:9-13; Luke 9:36. Sect. 87: THE DEMONIAC BOY, WHOM THE DISCIPLES COULD NOT HEAL Mark 9:14-29; Matt. 17:14-20; Luke 9:37-43. Sect. 88: RETURNING PRIVATELY THROUGH GALILEE, HE AGAIN FORETELLS HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION Mark 9:30-32; Matt. 17:22-23; Luke 9:43-45. Sect. 89: JESUS, THE MESSIAH, PAYS THE HALF-SHEKEL FOR THE TEMPLE Matt. 17:24-27. Sect. 90: THE TWELVE CONTEND AS TO WHO SHALL BE THE GREATEST UNDER THE MESSIAH'S REIGN. HIS SUBJECTS MUST BE CHILDLIKE Mark 9:33-37; Matt. 18:1-5; Luke 9:46-48. Sect. 91: THE MISTAKEN ZEAL OF THE APOSTLE JOHN REBUKED BY JESUS IN PERTINENT PARABLES Mark 9:38-50; Matt. 18:6-14; Luke 9:49-50. Sect. 92: RIGHT TREATMENT OF A BROTHER WHO HAS SINNED AGAINST ONE, AND DUTY OF PATIENTLY FORGIVING A BROTHER (PARABLE OF THE UNMERCIFUL SERVANT) Matt. 18:15-35. Sect. 93: THE MESSIAH'S FOLLOWERS MUST GIVE UP EVERYTHING FOR HIS SERVICE Matt. 8:19-22; Luke 9:57-62. Sect. 94: THE UNBELIEVING BROTHERS OF JESUS COUNSEL HIM TO EXHIBIT HIMSELF IN JUDEA, AND HE REJECTS THE ADVICE John 7:2-9. Sect. 95: HE GOES PRIVATELY TO JERUSALEM THROUGH SAMARIA Luke 9:51-56; John 7:10.