This week on Sunday we are reading the last part of chapter 4 and the first part of chapter 5.

Read 4:35-41.   

Why did Jesus perform this ‘natural miracle’?  (Think about both the overt reason and the deeper reason.)

Did you notice “there were other boats” – many scholars point to these type of details as indicating an eyewitness account.

Read 5:1-20. 

What is the significance of the geographical reference in verse 1?

Describe what was going on in the exchange between Jesus and the man/the demons.

How do you think we should view a story such as this, which seems so strange to scientific Western ears?

The episode concludes with two rather surprising facts.  What are they, and what do they teach us?