There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
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Gill's Exposition
There is a lad here,.... Who either belonged to Christ and his disciples, and was employed to carry their provisions for them; which, if so, shows how meanly Christ and his disciples lived; or he…
Adam Clarke
There is a lad here - Παιδαριον, a little boy, or servant, probably one who carried the apostles' provisions, or who came on purpose to sell his bread and fish.
Five barley loaves - Barley scarcely…
We have here an account of Christ's feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes, which miracle is in this respect remarkable, that it is the only passage of the actions of Christ's life…
Cambridge Bible
a lad And therefore able to carry very little. The word is a diminutive in the Greek, a little lad; it might also mean -servant," but this is less likely.
barley loaves The ordinary coarse food of the…
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