(4) The second visit to Nazareth. “And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him;” Mark vi. 1, also Matth. xiii. 54. This mention of “disciples” is one of many circumstances which distinguish this visit to Nazareth from that of Luke iv. 15. (5) The sending out of the twelve two by two. Matth. x. 1; Mark vi. 7; Luke ix. 1. (6) Execution of John the Baptist. Tischendorf is inclined to think that Herod was celebrating not his birthday but his accession, which took place on the death of Herod the Great about ten days before the Passover, which in A.U.C. 750 fell on April 2. This conjecture is doubtful. Matth. xiv. 2; Mark vi. 21; Luke iii. 19. A.D. 29. _April._ The order of events in this month I take to have been, approximately, as follows: (1) Herod’s misgiving that John had risen from the dead. Matth. xiv. 2; Mark vi. 16. (2) Our Lord, on the return of the twelve, crosses the lake. Matth. xiv. 13; Mark vi. 32; Luke ix. 10. (3) The Passover was now at hand, John vi. 4. Feeding of the five thousand, Matth. xiv. 15; Mark vi. 35; Luke ix. 12; John vi. 5. The walking on the sea, Matth. xiv. 25; Mark vi. 48; John vi. 19. The day of the passover A.D. 29 was the 18th of April. What is mentioned by St Mark, viz. that the multitude sat down on “the green grass,” agrees with this indication of the season. It was only during a short time in spring, and then only in a few places, that green grass was found in Palestine. This impressed itself on the narrator, and is an indication of eye-witness work; it is what critics call “autoptic.” There is no mention of green grass in the feeding of the 4000 which was in the late summer. This miracle was followed by the return to Capernaum (Discourse on the bread of life, John, chap, vi.) and the controversy with the Pharisees on traditions, Matth. xv. 1, 20; Mark vii. 1-23. A.D. 29. _May_, _June_, _July_, _August_. (1) Journey to the borders of Tyre and Sidon, Matth. xv. 21; Mark vii. 24. (2) Return from thence. “And again he went out from the borders of Tyre, and came through Sidon unto the sea of Galilee and through the midst of the borders of Decapolis” (on the east of the sea of Galilee), Matth. xv. 29; Mark vii. 31. (3) There the feeding of the four thousand takes place (see under April). Matth. xv. 32; Mark viii. 1. (4) Our Lord crosses the lake “into the borders of Magadan,” Matth. xv. 39; or “into the parts of Dalmanutha,” Mark viii. 10, this was on the western coast. He then proceeds to the north of the lake; there He heals the blind man at Bethsaida Julias. (5) “And Jesus went forth, and his disciples into the villages of Cæsarea Philippi,” Mark xiii. 33. Confession of Peter, Matth. xvi. 13; Mark viii. 29; Luke ix. 20. (6) The Transfiguration; Matth. xvii. 1; Mark ix. 2; Luke ix. 28. (7) Return of our Lord with Peter, James and John from the Mount, to the place where He had left the disciples. Mark ix. 9. A.D. 29. _September._