Étude 1 sur 3 · Départ en barque pour la ville de Magdala

  1. Étude 1 : Départ en barque pour la ville de Magdala
  2. Étude 2 : Les pharisiens demandent un signe
  3. Étude 3 : Le nom du dixième apôtre ?

From the 3rd Passover to the start of the final week

  • Departure by boat for the city of Magdala

    The article discusses Jesus’ departure by boat for Magdala after the multiplication of the loaves, exploring the differences between the accounts of Matthew and Mark and stressing the importance of historical study for understanding these differences.

    Mark 8.10 (King James Version) :
    And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
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  • The Pharisees ask for a sign

    The article describes how the Pharisees ask Jesus to prove his authority by a sign, and how he refuses, denouncing their hypocrisy and mentioning only the sign of Jonah. The account highlights the tensions between Jesus and the religious leaders of his time.

    Matthew 16.1-4 (King James Version) :
    The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
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Contradictions

  • The tenth apostle's name?

    L'article explore les différences de nom concernant le dixième apôtre dans les Évangiles. Thaddée (Matthieu et Marc) et Judas fils de Jacques (Luc) désignent la même personne, un phénomène courant dû aux pratiques onomastiques du premier siècle.

    Mark 2.14 (King James Version) :
    And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
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