5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
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And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. …
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-9)We had the story of a miracle very like this before, in this gospel (Mark 6:35), and of this same miracle (Matt. 15:32), and here is little or no addition or alternation as to the circumstances. Yet observe, 1. That our Lord Jesus was greatly followed; The multitude was very great (Mark 8:1); notwithstanding the wicked arts of the scribes and Pharisees to blemish him, and to blast his interest, th…
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