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Christ Rescuing Peter From Drowning, Lorenzo Veneziano, c. 1370

Why Did the Disciples Worship Jesus in Matthew 14?

After Jesus fed the 5,000, he sent the crowd away and made the disciples get in the boat and go ahead of him to Bethsaida,[1] located on the other side of the Sea of Galilee.  Jesus then went up on the mountain to pray.A storm arose on the sea, and the boat carrying the disciples was being battered by the wind and waves.  Sometime during the fourth watch,[2] Jesus came to them walking on the water:Matthew 14:26-33 (NASB) When the disciples saw Him walking on…

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The Magi in the House of Herod, c. 1800s, James Tissot

Why Did The Magi Worship Jesus?

A handful of New Testament passages regarding the worship of Jesus are used by some to support the notion that Jesus is God.  They reason that only God can receive worship, therefore, Jesus must be God.  The first of these texts is found in the gospel of Matthew: Matthew 2:1-2 and 11 (NASB) Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, 2 "Where is He who has been born…

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