And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Gill's Exposition
And his servitor said,.... His servant Gehazi very probably:
what, should I set this before one hundred men? for so many, it seems, the sons of the prophets were in this place; and these loaves…
Barnes' Notes
This miracle was a faint foreshadowing of our Lord’s far more marvelous feeding of thousands with even scantier materials. The resemblance is not only in the broad fact, but in various minute…
Adam Clarke
Thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof - It was God, not the prophet, who fed one hundred men with these twenty loaves, etc. This is something like our Lord's feeding the…
We have here Elisha in his place, in his element, among the sons of the prophets, teaching them, and, as a father, providing for them; and happy it was for them that they had one over them who…
Cambridge Bible
And his servitor[R.V. servant] said The word is not the usual one for -servant" which has occurred above in this chapter; but it is rendered elsewhere by -minister" or -servant" (see Exo 24:13; Exo…
Cross References
Related passages throughout Scripture