149:0.4 Throughout this period and subsequently, up to the time of the final departure of [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] for [[Jerusalem]], [[David Zebedee]] [[maintained]] a permanent [[headquarters]] for the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]] in his [[father]]'s house at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. This was the clearinghouse for [[Jesus]]' [[work]] on [[earth]] and the relay station for the [[messenger]] service which [[David Zebedee|David]] carried on between the workers in various [[parts]] of [[Palestine]] and adjacent regions. He did all of this on his own [[initiative]] but with the approval of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]]. [[David Zebedee|David]] employed forty to fifty [[messengers]] in this [[intelligence]] division of the rapidly enlarging and extending [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. While thus employed, he partially [[supported]] himself by spending some of his time at his old [[work]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing fishing]. | 149:0.4 Throughout this period and subsequently, up to the time of the final departure of [[Jesus]] and [[the twelve]] for [[Jerusalem]], [[David Zebedee]] [[maintained]] a permanent [[headquarters]] for the [[work]] of [[the kingdom]] in his [[father]]'s house at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethsaida Bethsaida]. This was the clearinghouse for [[Jesus]]' [[work]] on [[earth]] and the relay station for the [[messenger]] service which [[David Zebedee|David]] carried on between the workers in various [[parts]] of [[Palestine]] and adjacent regions. He did all of this on his own [[initiative]] but with the approval of [[Andrew, the Apostle|Andrew]]. [[David Zebedee|David]] employed forty to fifty [[messengers]] in this [[intelligence]] division of the rapidly enlarging and extending [[work]] of [[the kingdom]]. While thus employed, he partially [[supported]] himself by spending some of his time at his old [[work]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishing fishing]. |