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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:15

And when it was evening. But not as late as the "evening" of Matthew 14:23 . It appears that the first evening was from the ninth to the twelfth hour (our 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the equinoxes), and the second evening was for a short time, perhaps forty minutes, after sunset (cf. Matthew 8:16 , note). His ( the, Revised Version) disciples came to him, saying. St. John alone has recorded our Lord's previous conversation with Philip ( John 6:5-7 ). This is a desert place; the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:15-21

Jesus feeding the multitude. On the death of John the Baptist Jesus retired to the eastern side of the lake, oppressed with grief and longing for a time of seclusion. But it was one of his trials that he was forbidden the rest of privacy when he most craved it. The crowds followed him with such enthusiasm that they quite forgot to provide themselves with needful food, and therefore when the evening was come they were out among the lonely mountains faint and hurry. Jesus had not brought about... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:16

But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; they have no need to go away (Revised Version). Matthew only. The Lord takes up the expression. There is no need for them to move from this place, desert though it is. Give ye them to eat. Ye ; emphatic, he throws upon his disciples the duty of feeding them, and, strange though the command seemed to them (cf. 2 Kings 4:43 ), they carried it out. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:17

And they say unto him, We have here ( ὧδε ) but five loaves ( Matthew 4:3 , note), and two fishes ( Matthew 7:9 , note). St. Matthew omits the question, "Shall we go and buy?" etc., which comes in Mark and Luke, and essentially in John (verse 5). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:18

Matthew only. He said, Bring them hither to me ( φέρετε μοι ὧδε αὐτούς ) . This gives the sense, but still more is implied. He takes up their ὧδε . "Yes," he says, "it is possible to feed them where we are, and especially where I am. For there is not the poverty of supply here that you think there is." Observe that for the disciples to bring them "here" was in itself an act of faith. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:19

And he commanded the multitude; the multitudes (Revised Version). Here also the plural ( Matthew 14:15 ), because they are thought of as grouped over the ground. To sit down; i.e. to recline as at a meal ( ἀνακλιθῆναι ). On the grass ( ἐπὶ τοῦ χόρτου ) . The addition of "green" ( χλωρός ) in Mark suits the time of the Passover (verse 13, note), but hardly of any later feast, for the grass would have been dried up. And took the five loaves, and the two fishes. ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:20

And they did all eat, and were filled ( ἐχορτάσθησαν , Matthew 5:6 , note). And they. Undefined, but seen from Matthew 16:9 ; John 6:12 , to have been the disciples. Took up of the fragments that remained; that which remained over of the broken pieces (Revised Version); i.e. of the pieces broken by our Lord for distribution ( John 6:19 ). Twelve baskets full. The disciples personally lost nothing by the miracle ( John 6:15 , note), the provision basket that each... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:21

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children . Only Matthew mentions the presence of other than men. We may assume that no great number of women and children were there; and this, considering the distance that most had been obliged to go (verse 13), is what we should expect. "Observe here the diminutive παιδίων , little children, whom their mothers either carried in their arms or led by the hand" (Meyer). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:22

And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples. It was not their wish to leave him, especially when the multitudes seemed likely to elect him king ( John 6:15 ). But from the temptation to side with the multitudes our Lord desired now to shield them. Separation and physical work ( Matthew 14:24 ) would calm their excitement, and the object lesson that their Master already ruled over wind and sea would lead them to more perfect trust in his methods. Another reason for his sending them... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:22

The necessity for constraint. Thomson puts together the narrative so as to bring out the reason for Christ's constraining the disciples; or, rather, a first and external reason which prepares for the discernment of the deeper reason. I. THE EVIDENT NECESSITY FOR THE CONSTRAINT . "As the evening was coming on, Jesus commanded the disciples to return home to Capernaum, while he sent the people away. They were reluctant to go and leave him alone in that desert place; probably... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:15-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:22

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