What would it have been like to be in the crowd, pressing in to see or hear Jesus? You and I might have said “Who is this man? He claims to have authority unlike anyone we have seen before!” I often minimize what the apostles experienced as just some other stories to read rather than having a profound impact on me.
“The fact that Jesus came to earth where he suffered and died does not remove pain from our lives. But it does show that God did not sit idly by and watch us suffer in isolation. He became one of us. Thus, in Jesus, God gives us an up-close and personal look at his response to human suffering. All our questions about God and suffering should, in fact, be filtered through what we know about Jesus.” - Philip Yancey, Where Is God When It Hurts?
“Jesus referred to himself as the Son of Man. It was an intentionally vague term. Its normal meaning was that he was simply another human being. In the book of Daniel, however, the term was used in reference to one who received an everlasting kingdom from the hand of God (Daniel 7:13–14). It could have been understood as a messianic title.” - Excerpt, Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Mark by Steve Langford
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