comparatively sedate behaviour and crowd control, but there was nothing sedate or controlled about people when Jesus was around. We have to imagine a seething, pushing crowd, like people spilling out of a football ground or like shoppers at the beginning of a great sale. Everyone wants to get close to where they think the action is. Here you are, in the middle of that crowd, a bit nervous of being pushed off your feet, but determined to get close to Jesus if you can. Then, suddenly, he wheels round