5When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. …
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)We have here an account of Christ’s feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes, which miracle is in this respect remarkable, that it is the only passage of the actions of Christ’s life that is recorded by all the four evangelists. John, who does not usually relate what had been recorded by those who wrote before him, yet relates this, because of the reference the following discourse…
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