Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
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Gill's Exposition
And they did eat, and were all filled,.... Every one had a part, and enough:
and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets; See Gill on Mat 14:20.
See the Mat 14:13-21 notes, and Mar 6:30-44 notes. Luk 9:10 Bethsaida - A city on the east bank of the river Jordan, near where the river enters into the Sea of Tiberias. In the neighborhood of that…
Adam Clarke
Then he took the five loaves - A minister of the Gospel, who is employed to feed souls, should imitate this conduct of Christ:
1. He ought to exhort the people to hear with sedate and humble…
We have here, I. The account which the twelve gave their Master of the success of their ministry. They were not long out; but, when they returned, they told him all that they had done, as became…
Cambridge Bible
brake, and gave The -brake" is in the aorist, and the -gave" in the imperfect, and although it is a useless presumption to enquire into the modeof this most remarkable miracle, these two words give us…
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