5:36
Jesus overheard what they said and He knew full well what the synagogue ruler would be thinking, so He told him not to fear, only believe. People’s assessment of a situation can be very unreliable. Either they can just make a wrong assessment. Eg there are polls that ask people whether they think there is a god or not. Now this can be useful in terms of assessing the belief state of the nation, but in determining whether or not there is a god it is totally irrelevant. Or they can make their assessment neglecting the reality if God, as was done here.
5:37
Jesus went into the room, taking only Peter, James and John. These three seem to have been singled out for special attention by Jesus, to be given deeper insight into who He was and what He did. Today, Jesus will give different people different insights, and insights into different aspects of His mission. None of us can know everything, or do everything. So we should not be jealous of those whom God uses in a different way to us, nor should we be proud about the ways in which God works in our lives. Whatever way God chooses to work in our lives, we should respond with humility, faith and love, and humbly share the good things that God gives to us with others.
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