2025-05-19

5月19日 ¶

Reading for Today: 今日读经：

2 Samuel 9:1–10:19
撒母耳记下 9:1–10:19
Psalm 65:1-8
诗篇 65:1-8
Proverbs 16:20-21
箴言 16:20-21
John 6:1-21
约翰福音 6:1-21

Notes: 注解：

2 Samuel 9:8 dead dog. A "dead dog" was considered contemptible and useless. Mephibosheth saw himself as such in that he knew that he had not merited David's kindness and that there was no way for him to repay it. David's offer was an extraordinary expression of grace and beauty to his covenant with Jonathan (1 Sam. 18:3; 20:15,42).
撒母耳记下 9:8 死狗。 "死狗"被视为卑贱无用之物。米非波设将自己看作死狗，因为他知道自己不配得到大卫的恩慈，也无法回报。大卫的恩待是对他与约拿单立约的恩典和美好的非凡表达（撒上18:3；20:15,42）。

2 Samuel 10:4 shaved off half of their beards. Forced shaving was considered an insult and a sign of submission (Is. 7:20). cut off their garments…at their buttocks. To those who wore long garments in that time, exposure of the buttocks was a shameful practice inflicted on prisoners of war (Is. 20:4).
撒母耳记下 10:4 剃去他们胡须的一半。 强制剃须被视为侮辱和顺服的标志（赛7:20）。割断他们下半截的衣服...在臀部。 对于当时穿长袍的人来说，暴露臀部是一种羞辱行为，通常施加于战俘（赛20:4）。

Proverbs 16:21 sweetness of the lips. "Honeyed words," which reflect intelligence, judiciousness, and discernment in speech. This refers to eloquent discourse from the wise (v. 24).
箴言 16:21 嘴唇的甜言。 "蜜般的言语"，反映了言语中的智慧、明辨和洞察力。这指的是智者的雄辩言论（参24节）。

John 6:19,20 Jesus walking on the sea. The Synoptics reveal that in fear and the darkness, the disciples thought Jesus was a ghost (Matt. 14:26; Mark 6:49). The Son of God, who made the world, was in control of its forces; and, in this case, He suspended the law of gravity. The act was not frivolous on Jesus' part, for it constituted a dramatic object lesson to the disciples of Jesus' true identity as the sovereign Lord of all creation (1:3).
约翰福音 6:19,20 耶稣在海面上行走。 符类福音揭示，在恐惧和黑暗中，门徒以为耶稣是个鬼魂（太14:26；可6:49）。创造世界的神的儿子掌管着大自然的力量；在这个例子中，他使重力法则暂时失效。耶稣的行为并非轻率，而是向门徒生动展示了耶稣作为全部创造之主宰的真实身份（1:3）。

DAY 19: Why were the crowds who followed Jesus a potential liability?
第十九天：为什么跟随耶稣的群众可能成为一种负担？

In John 6:2, it says that the multitudes followed Jesus "because they saw His signs." The crowds followed not out of belief but out of curiosity concerning the miracles that He performed (v. 26). However, in spite of the crowd's crass motivations, Jesus, having compassion on them, healed their sick and fed them (Matt. 13:14; Mark 6:34).
约翰福音6:2说，众人跟随耶稣是"因为看见他在病人身上所行的神迹"。群众跟随他不是出于信心，而是出于对他所行神迹的好奇（26节）。然而，尽管群众动机粗鄙，耶稣仍怜悯他们，医治他们的病人并给他们食物（太13:14；可6:34）。

The crowd's declaration of Jesus as "the Prophet" (v. 14) is a reference to Deuteronomy 18:15. Sadly, these comments, coming right after Jesus healed and fed them, indicate that the people desired a Messiah who met their physical, rather than spiritual, needs. Apparently, no recognition existed for the need of spiritual repentance and preparation for the kingdom (Matt. 4:17). They wanted an earthly, political Messiah to meet all their needs and to deliver them from Roman oppression. Their reaction typifies many who want a "Christ" that makes no demands of them (Matt. 10:34–39; 16:24–26), but of whom they can make their selfish personal requests.
群众宣称耶稣是"那先知"（14节）是指申命记18:15。可悲的是，这些评论出现在耶稣刚刚医治并喂饱他们之后，表明百姓渴望的是一位满足他们肉体需要而非属灵需要的弥赛亚。显然，他们没有认识到属灵悔改和为国度做准备的必要（太4:17）。他们想要一位满足他们所有需要并拯救他们脱离罗马压迫的世俗政治弥赛亚。他们的反应代表了许多人的典型特征——想要一位不对他们提出要求的"基督"（太10:34-39；16:24-26），而他们却可以向他提出自私的个人请求。

Jesus "perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king" (v. 15). John supplemented the information in Matthew and Mark by indicating that the reason Jesus dismissed the disciples and withdrew from the crowd into a mountain alone was because of His supernatural knowledge of their intention to make Him king in light of His healing and feeding of them. The crowd, incited by mob enthusiasm, was ready to proceed with crassly political intentions that would have jeopardized God's will.
耶稣"知道众人要来强逼他作王"（15节）。约翰在马太和马可的记载基础上补充说，耶稣打发门徒离开，独自退到山上去，是因为他超自然地知道众人看到他医治并喂饱他们后想要立他为王的意图。群众被煽动的热情驱使，准备进行粗鄙的政治计划，这将危及神的旨意。

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2025-05-19

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