“Est puer unus hic qui habet quinque panes hordeaceos et duos pisces : sed hæc quid sunt inter tantos ?”
“There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?”
““Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?””
““There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these among so many?””
“There is a lad here, who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?”
Ver. 8-13. The story is the same, in all substantial parts, with the relations of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in the before mentioned places. See the annotations on those chapters.
II. The miracle itself. And here observe,
Verses 1-14 John relates the miracle of feeding the multitude, for its reference to the following discourse. Observe the effect this miracle had upon the people. Even the common Jews expected the Messiah to come into the world, and to be a great Prophet. The Pharisees despised them as not knowing the law; but they knew most of Him who is the end of the law. Yet men may acknowledge Christ as that Prophet, and still turn a deaf ear to him.