fifth commandment, which required him to show his father due honor. But he was opposed to the secondary burial, which promoted the unscriptural idea that something other than the Messiah could deliver a person from sin. In all probability, the first burial of this disciple’s father had taken place a year earlier; otherwise he would have been in mourning and not with Jesus. Some have suggested that this incident occurred just prior to the Feast of Tabernacles since Jesus and his followers were heading