Mat 14:18-19, 15:35-36, Mar 6:39-40, Luk 9:14-15, 12:37, Joh 2:5, 6:10 | TSK

Matthew 14:18-19

he commanded.

15:35; Mr 6:39; 8:6; Lu 9:14; Joh 6:10

looking.

Mr 6:41; 7:34; Lu 9:16; Joh 11:41

he blessed.

15:36; 26:26,27; 1Sa 9:13; Mr 8:6; 14:22,23; Lu 22:19; 24:30

Joh 6:11,23; Ac 27:35; Ro 14:6; 1Co 10:16,31; 11:24; Col 3:17

1Ti 4:4,5

Matthew 15:35-36

to sit.

14:19-21; Mr 6:39,40; Lu 9:14-16; Joh 6:10

and gave thanks.

26:26,27; 1Sa 9:13; Lu 22:19; 24:30; Joh 6:11; Ac 27:35; Ro 14:6

1Co 10:31; 1Ti 4:3,4

Mark 6:39-40

1Ki 10:5; Es 1:5,6; Mt 15:35; 1Co 14:33,40

by hundreds.It is generally supposed that they were so arranged as to be a hundred in rank, or depth, and fifty in front, or file; which would make the number just five thousand, and will reconcile this account with Luke's, who only speaks of their sitting down by fifties.

Lu 9:14,15

Luke 9:14-15

Make.

Mr 6:39,40; 8:6; 1Co 14:40

Luke 12:37

Blessed.

43; 21:36; Mt 24:45-47; 25:20-23; Php 1:21,23; 2Ti 4:7,8; 1Pe 5:1-4

2Pe 1:11; 3:14; Re 14:13

that.

Isa 62:5; Jer 32:41; Zep 3:17; Joh 12:26; 13:4,5; 1Co 2:9; Re 3:21

Re 7:17; 14:3,4

John 2:5

Whatsoever.

15:14; Ge 6:22; Jud 13:14; Lu 5:5,6; 6:46-49; Ac 9:6; Heb 5:9; 11:8

John 6:10

Make.

Mt 14:18,19; 15:35,36; Mr 6:39-41; 8:6,7; Lu 9:14-16

Now.No wonder, since it was the spring, being near the passover; and, from the plenty of grass, it would be a place much more suitable to the purpose. This circumstance, says Dr. Paley, is plainly the remark of an eye-witness.