Throughout Jewish, non-Jewish, and religiously mixed territories Jesus performed a variety of miracles in a variety of settings. These miracles included multiple healings of both Jewish and non-jewish people, as well as miraculous acts such as the exponential multiplication of bread and fish in the feeding of the thousands of followers, and calming the seas. While some of these miracles took place in predominately Jewish areas, most of these took place in areas lacking followers of Jesus. Obviously, Jesus was not limiting himself to the amount of miracles he could perform, but it does seem that most of these took place in non-jewish areas for one reason or another. I feel that this may have been able to prove his power and sway followers in areas outside of Jewish areas that may have respected him to begin with. By performing such miracles in front of skeptical populations, the popularity or “legend” of the new King of the Jews could now be confirmed throughout a widespread area. In addition to these non local populations, even Jesus’ own disciples were portrayed as doubters who questioned his supernatural abilities, as well as his motives for enacting them. The supernatural elements of Jesus also paralleled those of Moses, and the comparison to Moses made it easier for Jewish believers to put their faith in the new messiah