Lance Stone walks in green pastures

It is a notable feature of the story of the feeding of the 5,000 that, apart from the resurrection, it is the only miracle that features in all four Gospels. As is usual in Gospel parallels there are minor variations in the four accounts, but one small and intriguing difference that distinguishes Mark’s Gospel is that Jesus instructs the disciples to get the people to sit down on the green grass…

Lance Stone is a minister at Crossway United Reformed Church, Elephant and Castle, London

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This is an extract from an article published in the July/August 2024 edition of Reform

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