About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible:

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

Mark 8:1-38 The 2nd Time Noted in Mark that Jesus Fed the Multitude

 

The 2nd Time Noted in Mark that Jesus Fed the Multitude

Mark 8:1-38          The Gospel According to Mark [in Smaller Chunks]

[Luke 9:11 And the people when they knew [of] it, followed [Jesus.] And Jesus received, [a.k.a. welcomed,] them, & [spoke] to them [about] the Kingdom of God, & healed [those, who] had need of healing.] 

[During] those days, the multitude being very [large,] & having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him, & said to them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with Me 3 days, & have nothing to eat. And if I send them away to their own houses, fasting, they will faint on the [road,] for [various] [ones] of them, came from far [away.] 

And [Jesus'] disciples answered Him, From [where] can a man satisfy these men with bread, here in the wilderness? And [Jesus] asked them, How many loaves [do] you have? And they said, Seven. 

And [Jesus] commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And [Jesus] took the 7 loaves, & gave thanks, & [broke] it, & gave [it] to His disciples to [put in front of] them, & they did [put] them [in front of] the people. 

And they had a few small [fish,] & [Jesus] blessed, & commanded to also [put] them [in front of] them. So, they [ate,] & were filled. And they took up the broken meat, [a.k.a. food fragments,] that [were] left, [and collected] 7 [full] baskets. 

And [those, who] had eaten were about 4,000: & [Jesus] sent them away. And [immediately, Jesus] entered into a ship with His disciples, & came into parts of Dalmanutha, [a.k.a. a city or territory within the coasts of Magdala.] 

And the Pharisees came [out] & began to question [Jesus,] seeking, a sign from heaven [from Jesus,] tempting, [a.k.a. testing,] Him. And [Jesus] sighed deeply [within] His spirit, & [said,] Why does this generation seek after a sign? [Truly,] I say to you, There shall be no sign given to this generation. 

And [Jesus] left them, & [entered] into the ship again, & departed to the other side. Now, the disciples had forgotten to take bread, & neither [did] they have more than one loaf with them in the ship. 

And [Jesus] charged them, saying, [Pay attention,] beware of the leaven, [a.k.a. yeast,] of the Pharisees, & the leaven of Herod. And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It's because we have no bread. And when Jesus knew it, He [said] to them, Why [do] you reason, because you have no bread? 

[Don't] you [realize, nor] understand? [Is] your heart, [still] hardened? Having eyes, [don't] you see? And having ears, [don't] you hear? And don't you remember? When I [broke] the 5 loaves among the 5,000, how many baskets full of fragments [did] you [take] up? And they said, Twelve. 

And [with] the 7 [loaves] among the 4,000, how many baskets full of fragments [did] you [take] up? And they said, Seven. And [Jesus] said to them, How is it that you don't understand? [Matthew 16:12 Then, they understood how that [Jesus didn't bid] them [to] beware of the leaven of bread, but of: the doctrine of the Pharisees & Sadducees.] 

And [Jesus came] to Bethsaida: & they [brought] a blind man to Him, & [begged] Him to touch him. And [Jesus] took the blind man by the hand, & led him out of the town. And when [Jesus] had put spit on his eyes, & His hands upon him, [Jesus] asked him if he saw [anything.] 

And he looked up, & said, I see men [like] trees, walking. *After that, [Jesus] put His hands again upon his eyes, & made him look up. And he was restored, & saw every man clearly. [Isaiah 29:18 *And [on] that day, the deaf shall hear the Words of the Book, & the eyes of the blind shall see out of [cloudiness,] & out of darkness.] 

And [Jesus] sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. And Jesus & His disciples went out into the towns of Caesarea Philippi. And by the [road, Jesus] asked His disciples, saying to them, Whom do men say that I Am? And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, [Elijah;] & others [say,] One of the prophets. 

And [Jesus] said to them, But Whom [do] you say that I Am? And Peter [answered] & [said] to Him, You [are] the Christ. And [Jesus asked] them that they [not] tell [any] man [about] Him. 

*And [Jesus] began to teach them, that the Son of Man must suffer many things, & be rejected [by] the elders, & chief priests, & scribes. [Mark 15:11-15 *But the chief priests moved the people, [so] that [Pilate] should [instead] release Barabbas to them. 

And Pilate answered & said again to them, What [do] you [want] that I shall do to [Jesus,] Whom you call the King of the Jews? And they cried out again, Crucify Him. Then, Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has He done? 

And they cried out exceedingly more, Crucify Him. And so Pilate, [wanting] to [satisfy] the people, released Barabbas to them, & when [Pilate] had Him scourged, [a.k.a. whipped,] delivered Jesus to be crucified.]

*And be killed. [Mark 15:37-39 *And Jesus cried [out] with a loud voice & gave up the ghost. And the [temple's] veil was [torn in two] from the top to the bottom. And when the Centurion, [who] stood over [near Jesus,] saw that He cried out so, & gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this Man was the Son of God.] 

*And rise again after 3 days. [Mark 16:9-10 *Now, when Jesus [had] risen early the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, [from] whom, [Jesus] had cast out 7 [demons.] And she went & told [the disciples] that had been with Him, as they mourned & wept.] 

And [Jesus spoke] that saying openly. And Peter took [Jesus] aside, & began to rebuke Him. But when [Jesus] had turned [around] & looked [at] His disciples, [Jesus] rebuked Peter, saying, Get you behind Me, Satan: for the things that [are] of God [aren't palatable to] you, but the things that [are] of men. 

And when [Jesus] had called the people to Him, with His disciples, He also said to them, [Whoever] will come after Me, let him deny himself, & take up his cross, & follow Me. For [whoever] will save his life, shall lose it. But [whoever] shall lose his life for My sake & the gospel's, the same shall save it. 

For what shall it [benefit] a man, if he shall gain the whole world, & lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 

Therefore, [whoever] shall be ashamed of Me & of My Words in this adulterous & sinful generation, also the Son of Man shall be ashamed of him, when He comes in the glory of His Father with the Holy Angels.