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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. — Or lie down, as it is, for they were accustomed to do that at feasts, and Christ would have them take their ease as well as enjoy...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
There is a lad here,.... Who either belonged to Christ and his disciples, and was employed to carry their provisions for them; which, if so, shows how meanly Christ and his disciples lived; or he belonged to some in the multitude; or rather he came here to sell what he had got: which hath five barley loaves. The land of Canaan was a land of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Jesus said, make the men sit down,.... The Syriac version reads, "all the men"; and the Persic version, "all the people"; men, women, and children: Christ, without reproving his disciples for their unbelief, ordered them directly to place the people upon the ground, and seat them in rows by hundreds and by fifties, in a rank and company, as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down,-- Jesus would have everything done decently and in order. The people obeyed Christ’s command, and sat down, we are told by Mark, “in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.” “There was much grass in the place.” Our Lord has a carpet in his banqueting...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
In number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, Among the Jews, it is always the master of the house who gives thanks. They do not call upon a child to say grace, but the father of the family, like a priest in his own house, stands up, and pronounces a blessing upon the food. It is a beautiful thought that...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now there was much grass in the place. So it was a splendid dining-room. It was carpeted luxuriously. We learn from this that it was the Eastern spring time, for there is not much grass else; and there was therefore in Christ’s banqueting hall the ceiling-was of blue, and the floor of green grass. What more could they want, except the meat?
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves: — Common, coarse loaves of barley, not much esteemed even then as food.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And Jesus took the loaves,.... Into his hands, as also the fishes, in order to feed the multitude with them: and when he had given thanks; for them, and blessed them, or implored a blessing on them, that they might be nourishing to the bodies of men, as was his usual manner, and which is an example to us; he distributed to the disciples, and the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. “As much as they would.” Note those words, for they are the rule at Christ’s feasts. Of earthly things, he gives us as much as we need; and of heavenly things, as...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. “As much as they would.” That is Christ’s measure for those who gather at his table; it is only your own will that limits the amount of grace that you may have.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And when he had given thanks, Though out of doors, and “in the rough,” as we say, he did not forget that. I know some that fall to their meals, like so many swine, and have not as much grace as chickens, that are sure to lift their heads whenever they take a drink, as if to bless God for every drop they receive. Joh_6:11. He distributed to the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
When they were filled,.... Had not only eaten, but had made a full meal, and were thoroughly satisfied, having eaten as much as they could, or chose to eat: he said unto his disciples, gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost; this he said, partly that the truth, reality, and greatness of the miracle might be clearly discerned;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. “Waste not, want not,” Heavenly economy is to be practiced in the things...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments, of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. I am sorry today that it is a mark of very poor people that they are...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When they were filled, — Had all they could desire. Joh_6:12. He said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Economy in the midst of bounty. However much we have, we are never warranted in wasting a single crumb. They had as much as they would, but they were not allowed to cast away the fragments.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Therefore they gathered [them] together,.... The several broken bits of bread, which lay about upon the grass, which the people had left, after they had been sufficiently refreshed: and filled twelve baskets; every disciple had a basket filled: with the fragments of the five barley loaves; and it may be of the fishes also: which remained over and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. Men are often convinced by the argument of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Then those men,.... The five thousand men, who had been fed with the loaves and fishes: when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did; in feeding so many of them, with so small a quantity of food; in multiplying the provision in such a prodigious manner, that after they had eaten to the full, so many baskets of fragments were taken up: said, this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle which Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. They were convinced through their stomachs. They came to this conviction merely through eating and drinking, and that faith which comes by the senses is no faith at all, or it is a sensual faith which cannot save...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. But the faith that comes by the way of the stomach is not worth much. If people are converted by loaves and fishes, bigger loaves and bigger fishes will make them go the other way; converts made thus are of small...