Luke 9:16
And Jesus took the five loaves and two fishes, and looked towards heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before the multitudes.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
15And the disciples did so, and made them all recline.
17And they all ate, and were satisfied: and they took up the fragments of remains, twelve baskets.
Cross References
Matthew 15:36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
Luke 22:19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to them, and said: This is my body, which is given for your sakes. This do ye, in remembrance of me.
John 6:11And Jesus took the bread, and blessed, and distributed to them that reclined. And so also, with the fish; as much as they desired.
Acts 27:35And having said these things, he took bread, and gave glory to God before them all; and he broke it, and began to eat.
1 Corinthians 10:30If I by grace partake, why am I reproached for that, for which I give thanks?
Matthew Henry on Luke 9:11-18
The Multitude Miraculously Fed. 10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. 11 And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. 12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and… Read the whole commentary →