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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they sat down in ranks,.... Or "beds": in such form as little beds are placed in a garden, or as rows of vines in a vineyard, in which form the scholars of the wise men sat in their schools: it is said (g), "R. Eliezer ben Azariah expounded before the wise men in the vineyard (i.e. the university) of Jabneh: though was there a vineyard there?...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he had taken the five loaves and two fishes,.... Out of the hands of those that brought them into his own: he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves: [See comments on Matthew 14:19], and gave them to his disciples to set before them; the multitude, in order to eat of them: and the two fishes divided he among them all; that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they did all eat, and were filled. [See comments on Matthew 14:20].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments,.... Of the broken pieces of bread, after all had eaten, and were satisfied: and of the fishes; what remained of them:, for though there was but one loaf for a thousand persons and more, and two small fishes to be divided among five thousand and more: yet, through the wonderful power of Christ...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And they that did eat of the loaves,.... And also of the fishes; for they all ate of both; were about five thousand men; the word ωσει, "about", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic and Ethiopic versions, reading five thousand men certain. The Evangelist Matthew adds, "beside children and women", Matthew 14:21.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And straightway he constrained his disciples,.... The reasons of this is [See comments on Matthew 14:22], to get into the ship; in which they came to this place, and which was waiting for them: and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida; or rather "to go to the other side over against Bethsaida"; for they were now in a desert belonging to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when he had sent them away,.... Either his disciples, or rather the multitude: he departed into a mountain to pray: after his disciples were gone, and he had dismissed the people, he went from the desert where he had been, up into a mountain; being a retired place, to spend some time in private prayer to God; [See comments on Matthew 14:23].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when even was come,.... The second evening, and it was properly night: the ship was in the midst of the sea; of Galilee, about twenty five or thirty furlongs from the shore; see John 6:19; and he alone on the land; upon the mountain. This is observed, partly to show what distress the disciples were in, in the midst of the sea, having a hard...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he saw them toiling in rowing,.... He saw them either with his bodily eyes from the mountain on which he was; or he perceived in his Spirit, he knew, by virtue of his omniscience as God, what distress his disciples were in; being tossed about with the waves of the sea, and were labouring with all their might and main against the wind: and were...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But when they saw him walking on the sea,.... [See comments on Matthew 14:26]; they supposed it had been a spirit; a phantom, a spectre, an apparition, a nocturnal demon: and cried out; as men affrighted at the sight, and fearing they should be hurt by it, or that it portended some evil to them; [See comments on Matthew 14:26].
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For they all saw him, and were troubled,.... Had it been only seen by one, it might have been thought a fancy, and the effect of mere imagination; but as every one saw it, it was out of all doubt that so it was, and which gave them the greater concern: and immediately he talked with them; as soon as they saw him, "that very moment", as the Syriac...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And he went up unto them in the ship,.... That is, after Peter had desired he might be bid to come to him upon the water, and having got leave, made an essay; but the wind being boisterous, and beginning to sink, he cried out for help; when Christ stretched out his hand, and saved him; and then he, together with Peter, went up into the ship to the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For they considered not the miracle of the loaves,.... Which they had seen but the day before; they did not attend to it, nor learn from it, as they might, the wonderful glory of Christ, and the greatness of his power; which was as much an act of omnipotence, as either his walking upon the water, or causing the wind to cease, or more so. For their...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they had passed over,.... The lake of Gennesaret, or sea of "Galilee", they came into the land of Gennesaret; [See comments on Matthew 14:34]; to Capernaum, as appears from John 6:17 for Capernaum was in the land of Gennesaret; to which agrees what Josephus says, that the land of Gennesaret was watered with a very excellent spring, which...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And when they were come out of the ship,.... Christ and his disciples, and were ashore, straightway they knew him; that is, the men of that place, as in Mt. 14:35, [See comments on Matthew 14:35]; and so the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read here, "the inhabitants of that country", the country of Gennesaret; they knew him, having seen and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And ran through that whole region round about,.... That is, the inhabitants of that part of the country where Christ landed, ran many of them themselves, and others sent messengers into all parts of it, on every side: and began to carry about in beds those that were sick; or lame, or so disordered that they could not walk, or bear any other way of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country,.... Whether in smaller towns, or larger cities, or the fields, where were houses, here and there one: they laid the sick in the streets; or "markets", in any public places: and besought him that they but might touch the border of his garment; if they might not be admitted to touch...