>>18353732Let's read the Gospel and Homer.
• Odyssey 3.1–67 (Nestor’s feast)
† Mark 6:32–44 (the first feast)
• Telemachus and Athena sailed and went ashore.
† Jesus and the disciples sailed and went ashore.
• They found a great crowd on the beach, 4,500 men.
† They found a great crowd on the beach, 5,000 men.
• Nestor was “shepherd of the people.”
† Jesus pitied the crowd, “for they were like sheep without a shepherd.”
• When the crowd saw the strangers, they ran to greet them.
† When the crowd saw that Jesus and the disciples were leaving, they ran ahead to greet them.
• Peisistratus ordered his guests to sit.
† Jesus ordered people to sit.
• The men sat in nine groups of 500.
† The men sat in “eating groups” and “garden beds” by 100s and 50s.
• Nestor sacrificed, and others prayed.
† Jesus prayed and broke the bread.
• They took the meat and passed out the food.
† Jesus took the loaves and fish and passed them out.
• Everyone ate and was filled.
† Everyone ate and was filled.
