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Herod Antipas’ False Assumption
When Herod heard about Jesus and His miraculous powers, he was sure that John the Baptist had risen from the dead (v. 1-2). This was Herod Antipas who ruled over a fourth of Palestine. His father, Herod the great was the one who had ordered the Bethlehem babies killed (Matt …

Steps to Problem Solving
When Jesus heard the news of John’s murder He quickly withdrew from that area and went by ship to a lonely place (v. 13). The people watched where Jesus and His disciples were going and a great crowd walked along the shore and met Him when He landed (v. 14). Although Jesus desper …

The Storms of Life
As soon as the disciples had finished helping Jesus feed the 5,000 He sent the disciples away in a boat and He went up into the hills alone to pray (vv. 22-23). Soon the disciples found themselves in the midst of a storm (v. 24). This was probably somewhere between 3 and 6 in the …