Vlad- the article portrays Luke as unguided or inspired , but as simply working on a term paper. It is an extremely low view of what inspiration means in Scripture.
No, the Akin article simply talks about the feeding of the 4,000. Inspiration is not the focus.
>>That may be why Luke and John chose not to record it: Given the space limitations on ancient books, which needed to fit comfortably within a scroll, they may have concluded that they would only record one miracle of this type, and they picked the more impressive one.<<
I had the same reaction to the comment - purely human reasoning and a disappointing disregard of Divine inspiration (1 Corinthians 2:12-16, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Timothy 3:14-17).
The longer you study the Word as a whole, or its individual books, passages, word order, and even the specific Greek words selected, you see Divine direction at every turn. Each Gospel has a very clear purpose, unveiling a different aspect of Jesus. Each one has its differences, but all complement each other, providing a complete picture of Jesus and his ministry so that you may believe in him.
John 20:30-31 (KJV)
30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
John’s statement in 21:25 agrees with 20:30-31, clearly there was so much more that could have been written. Why did John stop with exactly 8 signs of Jesus - 7 while he was on Earth, and 1 after his resurrection? Because that was exactly what the Holy Spirit directed him to write.
The same Divine guidance continues throughout the New Testament in the transitional time of Acts, and especially in Paul’s letters to the Body of Christ.