Matthew 4:24

“A long, exhausting day turns into night as the disciples help Jesus deal with a large crowd hoping to be healed. Around the campfire, over dinner, the group tried to get to know each other better. But tensions erupt.”

Matthew 4:24, Luke 2:7, and 3 more

1. Matthew 4:24

   00:01-34:52

   The episode title and setting dramatize the spread of Jesus' fame throughout Syria and his healing of many people as described in this verse.

   1. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

2. Psalm 139:8

   02:04-02:10

   Philip quotes this psalm to Mary Magdalene while teaching her how to study the Torah, emphasizing God's omnipresence.

   1. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

3. Psalm 139:8

   02:50-02:55

   Mary Magdalene recites the passage back to Philip as they continue their lesson.

   1. If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

4. Zechariah 14:2-4

   08:49-09:04

   Big James quotes this prophecy to explain why he expects the Messiah to be a warrior who overthrows the Romans.

   1. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
   2. 3 Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
   3. 4 ¶ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.

5. Luke 2:7

   19:24-21:11

   Mary shares personal details about the night of Jesus' birth, describing the humble and human reality of the event.

   1. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.