"they were astonished" - Miracles

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Miracles by Christ Jesus 

Probably, Christ Jesus behaved or acted naturally, but people saw miracles there.

There are 18 miracles of Jesus recorded in the Gospel according to Mark. Only one of them is unique to Mark. The other three Gospel records also contain miracles of Jesus not reported in other accounts, besides references to miracles that do appear in one or more other Gospel records. Matthew has 21 miracles of Jesus, two of which are unique to Matthew; Luke has 18 miracles of Jesus, five of which are unique to Luke; John has seven miracles of Jesus, five of which are unique to John. The miracles of Jesus recorded in Mark are: 

1. The Man with an Unclean Spirit (1:23-26; cf. Luke 4:33-35) 

2. Healing Simon's Mother-in-law (1:30-31; cf. Luke 4:38-39) 

3. Healing a Leper (1:40-45; cf. Matthew 8:2-4; Luke 5:12-14) 

4. Healing Palsy (2:1-12; cf. Matthew 9:2-8; Luke 5:17-26) 

5. The Withered Hand (3:1-6; cf. Matthew 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11) 

6. Stilling the Storm (4:35-41; cf. Matthew 8:23-27; Luke 8:22-25) 

7. The Gadarene Demoniac (5:1-20; cf. Matthew 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39) 

8. The Daughter of Jairus (5:21-43; cf. Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56) 

9. The Afflicted Woman (5:25-34; cf. Matthew 9:20-22; Luke 8:43-48) 

10. Feeding the Five Thousand (6:30-46; cf. Matthew 14:13-23; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15) 

11. Jesus Walking on the Water (6:47-56; cf. Matthew 14:24-36; John 6:16-21) 

12. Syrophoenician Woman's Daughter (7:24-30; cf. Matthew 15:21-28) 

13. Deaf and Dumb Man (7:31-37; cf. Matthew 15:29-31) 

14. Feeding the Four Thousand (8:1-9; cf. Matthew 15:32-38) 

15. The Blind Man Near Bethsaida (8:22-26, unique to Mark) 

16. The Demoniac Boy (9:14-29; cf. Matthew 17:14-20; Luke 9:37-43) 

17. The Blind Men Near Jericho (10:46-52; cf. Matthew 20:29-34; Luke 18:35-43) 

18. The Withered Fig Tree (11:20-25; cf. Matthew 21:20-22)

http://www.gospelgazette.com/gazette/2001/aug/page4.htm

The point at issue is that the number of miracles reported in the Gospels is too small.

If Christ Jess traveled preaching for two years, there must have been 730 miracles on the assumption of one miracle per day (365 x 2 = 730).  Then if each Gospel writer had discretion to take up 20 to 30 miracles from 730 to use in each version, there must have been more variations among them in terms miracles Christ Jesus performed.

This is a big mystery in Christianity and the Bible: "Too few miracles reported."

Number	Event	Matthew	Mark	Luke	John
1	Marriage at Cana				John 2:1-11
2	Exorcism at the Synagogue in Capernaum		Mark 1:21-28	Luke 4:31-37
3	Miraculous draught of fishes			Luke 5:1-11
4	Young Man from Nain			Luke 7:11-17
5	Cleansing a leper	Matthew 8:1-4	Mark 1:40-45	Luke 5:12-16
6	The Centurion's Servant	Matthew 8:5-13		Luke 7:1-10	John 4:46-54
7	Healing the mother of Peter's wife	Matthew 8:14-17	Mark 1:29-34	Luke 4:38-41
8	Exorcising at sunset	Matthew 8:16-17	Mark 1:32-34	Luke 4:40-41
9	Calming the storm	Matthew 8:23-27	Mark 4:35-41	Luke 8:22-25
10	Gerasenes demonic	Matthew 8:28-34	Mark 5:1-20	Luke 8:26-39
11	Paralytic at Capernaum	Matthew 9:1-8	Mark 2:1-12	Luke 5:17-26
12	Daughter of Jairus	Matthew 9:18-26	Mark 5:21-43	Luke 8:40-56
13	The Bleeding Woman	Matthew 9:20-22	Mark 5:24-34	Luke 8:43-48
14	Two Blind Men at Galilee	Matthew 9:27-31
15	Exorcising a mute	Matthew 9:32-34
16	Paralytic at Bethesda				John 5:1-18
17	Man with withered Hand	Matthew 12:9-13	Mark 3:1-6	Luke 6:6-11
18	Exorcising the blind and mute man	Matthew 12:22-28	Mark 3:20-30	Luke 11:14-23
19	An Infirm Woman			Luke 13:10-17
20	Feeding the 5000	Matthew 14:13-21	Mark 6:31-34	Luke 9:10-17	John 6:5-15
21	Walking on water	Matthew 14:22-33	Mark 6:45-52		John 6:16-21
22	Healing in Gennesaret	Matthew 14:34-36	Mark 6:53-56
23	Canaanite woman's daughter	Matthew 15:21-28	Mark 7:24-30
24	Deaf mute of Decapolis		Mark 7:31-37
25	Feeding the 4000	Matthew 15:32-39	Mark 8:1-9
26	Blind Man of Bethsaida		Mark 8:22-26
27	Transfiguration of Jesus	Matthew 17:1-13	Mark 9:2-13	Luke 9:28-36
28	Boy possessed by a demon	Matthew 17:14-21	Mark 9:14-29	Luke 9:37-49
29	Coin in the fish's mouth	Matthew 17:24-27
30	Man with dropsy			Luke 14:1-6
31	Cleansing ten lepers			Luke 17:11-19
32	The Blind at Birth				John 9:1-12
33	Blind near Jericho	Matthew 20:29-34	Mark 10:46-52	Luke 18:35-43
34	Raising of Lazarus				John 11:1-44
35	Cursing the fig tree	Matthew 21:18-22	Mark 11:12-14
36	Healing the ear of a servant			Luke 22:49-51
37	Catch of 153 fish				John 21:1-24

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracles_attributed_to_Jesus

In comparison, for example, there are almost 1000 proverbs mentioned in the Book of the Proverbs.  The number of miracles of Christ Jesus so reported seem to be too scarce.




(to be continued...)

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Act 12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
Act 12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.