7And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
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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 why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
And the other disciples came in a little ship;(for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. …
Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? …
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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