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No Better Way to a Man’s Heart than a Good Fish Sandwich: John 6:1-15 (how I would say it)

DSC02539 (head for the hills, Jesus)

A while later, when it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Festival, Jesus boated across the Sea of Galilee (aka, the Sea of Tiberias), and like seagulls on a shrimp boat, the people followed because they had seen how he had cured all of those diseases and conditions. When Jesus docked, he walked up the mountain a bit and sat down with his closest followers.

As the masses made their way up the mountain, he asked Phillip, “Is there some place around here we can buy some sandwiches or something to give these people?” He just wanted to see how Phillip would react; he already had a plan.

Phillip replied, “Do you realize how much it would cost to buy even one bite for each person?”

Another one of his followers, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Hey, there’s a kid over here with five rolls and two small fish. How far do you think that would go?”

Jesus said, “Just have everybody sit down.” The place was grassy, so there were plenty of places to sit. We estimated there were about 5,000 men in the crowd. Then Jesus took that kid’s rolls, prayed, thanking God, and started passing them out to the crowd. He did the same with the two small fish, and there was enough for everyone to eat as much as they wanted!

When people started sitting back patting their stomachs, Jesus told his followers, “Collect the leftovers; we don’t want anything to go to waste.” They filled twelve baskets with leftover pieces of barley rolls.

As the people in the crowd realized that bread and fish kept coming out of nowhere, the buzz was, “This has got to be the Prophet the world’s been waiting for.”

Jesus knew they were about to do something rash like stage a coup and declare him king, so he took off again, this time by himself into the mountains.