“Et responderunt ei discipuli sui : Unde illos quis poterit saturare panibus in solitudine ?”
“And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?”
“His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?””
“His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?””
“And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to fill these men with bread here in a desert place?”
4. The doubts of Christians are sometimes made to work for the magnifying of the power of Christ. The disciples could not imagine whence so many men should be satisfied with bread here in the wilderness, v. 4. That therefore must needs be wonderful, and appear so much the more so, which the disciples looked upon as impossible.
Verses 1-10 Our Lord Jesus encouraged the meanest to come to him for life and grace. Christ knows and considers our frames. The bounty of Christ is always ready; to show that, he repeated this miracle. His favours are renewed, as our wants and necessities are. And those need not fear want, who have Christ to live upon by faith, and do so with thanksgiving.