Who Was Jesus, Really?

The Accord with Commentary is an incredibly innovative piece of work that provides the most complete picture yet of the life of Jesus Christ. This is an irreplaceable study tool for those looking to further their knowledge of the Bible.

You will find that The Accord with Commentary is::

• Creatively providing literary, cultural and historical discussion for each passage of this new Gospel arrangement.
• Unique in that it extends a more complete picture of the life, ministry and teachings of Jesus as never seen before.
• Structured in parallel with The Accord.
• A discussion that is able to focus on the combined view of all four original Gospels.

A portion of the commentary for “Feeding the Five Thousand”

“What occurred after their arrival on the western shore is fascinating given the preceding events that had taken place. The disciples had just returned from performing miracle after miracle under the Lord’s power and authority. Jesus first taught the people and also healed those who were sick as they were brought to him. All of the Synoptic writers include the detail that the twelve disciples (Apostles) first came to Jesus suggesting that he send the people away so that they could go find food and lodging because of the remoteness of their location and the fact that it was late in the day (from “opsios” in the Greek). Mark and Luke include Jesus’ response: “You give them something to eat.” John provides somewhat of a different view on this portion of the narrative and is the only writer to record a portion of the dialogue with Phillip that was initiated by Jesus regarding how they should feed so many people. Philip responded to Jesus with: “Eight months' wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” Philip’s “eight months wages” was literally “two hundred denarii”. In that era, a denarius was probably worth about seventeen cents. This was approximately equal to one days’ wages for a common unskilled worker and also was typical for the daily wages of a soldier. Philip probably looked at the practical facts in his response, which suggests they had nowhere near that amount of money in their stores. Andrew was a bit more helpful with the suggestion of the few basketfuls of fish and bread offered by a boy. Even though they had just performed many miracles themselves, they could not see how to feed such a crowd. Jesus was about to take their faith to another level and also provide further evidence of his identity.”