Calm Before

“Beginning with a funeral procession, time marches rapidly toward the final days of Jesus’ ministry. While the disciples seek status for themselves, a Roman ruler comes with a humble request.”

Matthew 21:21, Matthew 8:5-13, and 6 more

1. Isaiah 55:8-9

   09:35-09:48

   Simon Peter quotes Isaiah to James and John while discussing why Jesus didn't intervene for Ramah or Eden's baby.

   1. 8 ¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
   2. 9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

2. Matthew 21:21

   21:35-21:39

   Ramah's father Kafni tells Jesus he will 'move mountains' to expose him, likely a bitter allusion to Jesus' own teaching on faith.

   1. Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

3. Matthew 8:5-13

   47:33-50:20

   Gaius the Centurion approaches Jesus (via Peter and Matthew) to heal his servant-son, Ivo, expressing his unworthiness and faith in Jesus' authority to heal from a distance.

   1. 5 ¶ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
   2. 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
   3. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
   4. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
   5. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
   6. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
   7. 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
   8. 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
   9. 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

4. Matthew 8:10

   49:31-49:45

   Jesus marvels at Gaius' faith, saying he hasn't found such faith in all of Israel.

   1. When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

5. Matthew 7:7-8

   51:28-51:34

   Big James reminds Jesus of his teaching to 'Ask and it shall be given you... knock and the door would be opened.'

   1. 7 ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
   2. 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

6. Mark 10:32-34

   54:00-55:07

   Jesus foretells his death and resurrection for the third time, specifically mentioning being delivered to the chief priests, condemned to death, and delivered to the Gentiles.

   1. 32 ¶ And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
   2. 33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
   3. 34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

7. Mark 10:35-40

   54:00-55:10

   Big James and John ask Jesus to sit at his right and left hand in his glory, a request Jesus says is not his to grant.

   1. 35 ¶ And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
   2. 36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
   3. 37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
   4. 38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
   5. 39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
   6. 40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.

8. Mark 10:43-45

   56:12-56:30

   Jesus teaches that whoever would be great must be a servant, and that the Son of Man came to serve and give his life as a ransom for many.

   1. 43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
   2. 44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
   3. 45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.