John 6:9

There is a lad here, who hath with him five cakes of barley, and two fishes; but what are these for all those people?

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

In Context

8One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Cephas, said to him:

10Jesus said to them: Make all the people recline. Now there was much grass in that place: and the people reclined, in number five thousand.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:17And they said to him: We have nothing here but five cakes and two fishes.

Matthew Henry on John 6:2-15

The Five Thousand Fed. 1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. 4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6 And this he said to prove… Read the whole commentary →

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