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Matthew 14:15 KJV
Matthew · chapter 14 · verse 15
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.Matthew 14:15 · King James Version
Matthew 14:15 in context
13When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
14And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
16But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- multitudeochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- eveningopsioslate, evening, either from three to six o'clock p.m., from six o'clock p.m. to the…G3798 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- deserterēmossolitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited, used of places, a desert, wilderness, deserted…G2048 →
- placetoposplace, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space, an inhabited…G5117 →
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This passage of story, concerning Christ's feeding five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes, is recorded by all the four Evangelists, which very few, if any, of Christ's miracles are: this intimates that there is something in it worthy of special remark. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-21