ChristadelphianBooksOnline
Harry Whittaker
Studies in the Gospels

85. At the feet of Jesus*

It makes an interesting exercise in the study of the gospels to seek out all the occasions when men or women were at the feet of Jesus.

A. They sat there to learn:

1.	Mary at Bethany, whilst Martha prepared the meal (Lk. 10:39).
2.	The group whom Jesus designated “my mother and my brethren.” (Mk. 3:34).

B. They came pleading for help:

3.	The sick and maimed folk who sought to be healed (Mt. 15:30).
4.	Jairus, asking for the life of his little daughter (Mk. 5:22).
5.	The woman who touched the hem of his garment (Mk 5:29).
6.	The Syrophoenician women seeking help for her stricken daughter (Mk. 7:25).
7.	Mary, at the time of her brother’s death (Jn. 11:32).
8.	The father of the epileptic boy (Mt. 17:14).
9.	The leper: “Lord, make me clean” (Lk. 5:12).

C. They prostrated themselves in thanksgiving for mercies received:

10.	The Gaderene Demonick (Lk. 8:35).
11.	The woman in the city, a sinner, knowing her sins forgiven through Christ (Lk. 7:38).
12.	The Samaritan leper, the one out of the ten (Lk. 17:16).
13.	Mary anointing his feet in gratitude for the restoration of her brother (Jn. 19:25).

D. They were there in mourning:

14.	As he hung on the cross (Jn. 19:25).

E. They cast themselves down in adoration:

15.	The women meeting their risen Lord (Mt. 28:9).
16.	Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:4).
17.	John in Patmos (Rev. 1:17).