What happensPermalink
Backstory on Herod beheading John the Baptist at the request of Herod’s wife. Jesus feeds the five thousand with five loaves and two fish and has twelve baskets left over. Jesus walks on water to catch up to the disciples’ boat and calls Peter out to meet Him.
Why it mattersPermalink
John must have been one of Jesus’s best friends growing up, one of the few who could understand Him. When Jesus hears of John’s death, He tries to go away to grieve, but He ends up performing maybe His most famous miracle. God is never off-duty.
Key versePermalink
And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.