19And 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.
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Matthew Henry
(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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