Plenty of Grass

By Richard

No, this is not a posting to suggest that the teachings of Jesus were inspired by smoking marihuana! The Gospel of John was written by John, one of Jesus’ disciples, and he adds many extra details that fit in with an eyewitness account. When Jesus feeds the 5000 in John 6:10, John adds that there was “plenty of grass in that place” for the people to sit on. When Jesus dies on the cross and the soldiers pierce His side John adds, with some surprise, that there was a “sudden flow of water from his side” (John 20:34). When the risen Jesus appears to the disciples in Galilee he calls out the despondent disciples, who had fished all night and caught nothing, to throw their nets on the “right” side of the boat. John tells us that they caught a large number of fish and adds that there were “153” large fish (John 21:11), to be exact. I’m sure that there are more in John.

Let’s trust that what we are reading is authentic. It’s worth everything to take Jesus and His words seriously!