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Matthew 14:18-19 KJV
Matthew · chapter 14 · verses 18–19
18He said, Bring them hither to me. 19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.Matthew 14:18-19 · King James Version
Matthew 14:18-19 in context
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.
18He said, Bring them hither to me.
19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
20And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
21And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedkeleuōto command, to orderG2753 →
- multitudeochlosa crowd, a casual collection of people, a multitude of men who have flocked together in…G3793 →
- blessedeulogeōto praise, celebrate with praises, to invoke blessings, to consecrate a thing with solemn…G2127 →
- hitherhōdehere, to this place, etcG5602 →
- loavesartosfood composed of flour mixed with water and baked, the Israelites made it in the form of…G740 →
- fishesichthysa fishG2486 →
- heavenouranosthe vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it, the universe, the world…G3772 →
- Bringpherōto carry, to carry some burden, to bear with one s self, to move by bearing move or, to…G5342 →
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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