Mark 3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

Yes. yours in Chaos, Scarlett

Oh, cool. Thanks. It is kind of like being mommy isn't it?

Luke 8:45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

I only found the word used twice in the New Testament and none in the Old Testament. I think Peter might have been sarcastic in this statement. Kind of like some people have a gift for the understatement.

Kind of like being "mommy"...?

Well, frankly I don't know. I DO know what it's like to be "thronged" however. (I guess you should avoid asking questions if you don't want to hear the answers...?) Using the word "throng" as a verb is kinda like the way modern over-educated and over-civilized people use the word "transition" as a verb.

Do try to keep in mind that you are reading a translation in archaic English of a folk tale originally in a language that is no longer in use--in this case, Aramaic.

In so-called "real life" Peter was a fairly sarcastic fellow, and a lot of this had to do with simple human jealousy. He didn't like the idea of calling anyone "master" and continually tested Jesus. For some strange reason, Jesus encouraged that. Go figure.

No....but I've had a wedgy.... does that count???

You are right. I have asked questions before and regretted it. I will keep that in mind. Thank you. I agree. Jesus even said, "Call no man master." Which shows the difference in how Jesus looked at it and some eastern philosophy. In some eastern philosophy such as the martial arts calling the teacher master is encouraged.

I apologize for asking a question. I hope you can forgive me.

*pfft*

Go and sin no more! lol

Okay. I will try but don't hold me to it. lol I use sarcasm a lot at work. Just this morning day shift came in and asked me what I was doing there since I normally work swing shift. I told her that I must have been sleep walking and just woke up at work.

I think the so-called 'real life' of the characters of some of the people in the Bible make them endearing. When I read into the scriptures I try to sometimes try to figure out if I was one of the characters if I would handle the situations any different. It makes the reading more real to me.