Crowd Control?
The Gospel narratives speak of Jesus being pursued by the crowd; responding to their questions, recognizing their needs, feeding them and – throughout – bearing witness to them. In none of these accounts is Jesus’ person or ministry compromised. We are nonetheless informed that Jesus withdraws from the crowd to be alone; doing so to pray. This withdrawal is presented to us as the means by which Jesus prepares himself to do the will of the father. There is no doubt that H