15And 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.
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But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: …
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 if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-21)This passage of story, concerning Christ’s feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes , is recorded by all the four Evangelists, which very few, if any, of Christ’s miracles are: this intimates that there is something in it worthy of special remark. Observe, I. The great resort of people to Christ, when he was retired into a desert place , Matt. 14:13. He withdrew into privacy when…
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