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William Barclay · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Barclay - ED: BEWARE OF BARCLAY - SEE THIS ARTICLE) deny the miraculous element and assert that the boy shared his lunch (cf. John 6:9) and that others in the crowd saw it and shared their lunches. (ED: WRONG!!!) If so, where did the twelve baskets left over come from? Our biases affect interpretation in the same way the biases of the people of Jesus’ day affected them! John MacArthur on Jesus' miracles - Throughout His ministry, Jesus could have thrilled the watching crowds with spectacular displays of His divine power, such as lifting up the temple and suspending it in midair, or flying through the sky at supersonic speeds. But instead, He chose to display divine compassion by doing miracles that delivered people in need. He healed the sick (Matt. 4:23–24; 8:2–3, 5–13, 14–16; 9:2–7, 20–22, 27–30, 35; 12:9–13, 15; 14:14; 15:30; 19:2; 20:30–34; 21:14; Mark 6:5; 7:31–35; Luke 5:15; 6:17–19; 9:11; 14:1–4; 17:11–14; 22:51; John 4:46–53; 5:1–9; 6:2; 9:1–7), raised the dead (Matt. 9:23–25; Luke 7:11–15; John 11:43), and cast out demons (Matt. 4:24; 8:16, 28–33; 9:32–33; 12:22; 15:21–28; 17:14–18; Mark 1:39; Luke 11:14; 13:32). Even the Lord’s creative miracles were not sensational magic tricks. As noted in chapter 6 of this volume, by creating wine at the wedding at Cana (John 2:1–11) Jesus met a necessity for the guests and saved the bride and groom from a socially embarrassing situation. The miraculous feeding of the five thousand was a large act of compassion on behalf of people who would have gone hungry. (See John Commentary) C H
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Barclay - The word which John uses for to draw is helkuein. The word used in the Greek translation (Septuagint) of the Hebrew when Jeremiah hears God say as the Authorized Version has it: ‘With lovingkindness have I drawn (Lxx - helko) thee’ (Jeremiah 31:3+).” Henry Alford on drawn - “That this ‘drawing’ is not irresistible grace, is confessed even by Augustine himself, the great upholder of the doctrines of grace. ‘If a man is drawn, says an objector, he comes against his will. (We answer) if he comes unwillingly, he does not believe: if he does not believe, he does not come. For we do not run to Christ on our feet, but by faith; not with the movement of the body, but with the free will of the heart…Think not that thou are drawn against thy will; the mind can be drawn by love.'”....“Chrysostom says, ‘This expression does not remove our part in the coming, but rather shews that we (need) help to come.'” Adam