16Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: …
And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-17)We have here, I. The account which the twelve gave their Master of the success of their ministry. They were not long out; but, when they returned, they told him all that they had done , as became servants who were sent on an errand. They told him what they had done , that, if they had done any thing amiss, they might mend it next time. II. Their retirement , for a little breathing : He took them,…
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