Matthew 14:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:13-21

.— The sacrament miracle. Distinguish this miracle of the feeding the five thousand, so glorious in all its incidents, and with its full fourfold narration, from that of the feeding the four thousand, recorded by Matthew ( Matthew 15:32-39 ) and Mark ( Mark 8:1-9 ) only. Lead to the consideration of this miracle by dwelling briefly on— I. THE MOTIVES OF THIS MIRACLE , There was one leading motive—a kind human compassion, a condescending memory of the bodily want of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Matthew 14:13-21

The table in the wilderness. Jesus had several reasons for his crossing the lake to the desert of Bethsaida. 1 . He was there out of the jurisdiction of Herod. 2 . He avoided the pressure of the people and gained some leisure to converse with his disciples newly returned from their progress. 3 . He intended to spread before the multitude a table in the wilderness. He knew that the people would follow him. Note: Jesus sometimes leaves us that we may follow him. He lures us into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Matthew 14:13-21

A full narrative of the feeding the five thousand is given in each of the other evangelists: in Mark 6:32-44; in Luke 9:10-17; in John 6:1-14.Matthew 14:13And when Jesus heard of it, he departed - He went to a place of safety.He never threw himself unnecessarily into danger. It was proper that he should secure his life until the appointed time had come for him to die.By a ship into a desert place - That is, he crossed the Sea of Galilee. He went to the country east of the sea, into a place... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 14:19-21

Matthew 14:19-21. He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass Mark says, by companies, as we render the phrase συμποσια , συμποσια , which is literally, companies, companies, that is, in separate companies. These, as appears by comparing Mar 6:39 with Luke 9:14, consisted some of fifty persons, some of a hundred, according as the ground would admit. Our Lord probably ordered them to be ranged in this manner that they might sit compactly, that their numbers might appear, that... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Matthew 14:13-21

65. Feeding the five thousand (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14)When the apostles returned from their first tour around the country areas, they met Jesus in Galilee and tried to have a quiet time alone with him (Mark 6:30-32; John 6:1). Jesus also was in need of a rest, but he was filled with pity when he saw the crowds of people flocking to him in their need. They appeared to him as a flock of spiritually starved sheep that had no food because there was no shepherd to... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Matthew 14:19

on = upon. Greek. epi . to = into. Greek. eis . heaven = the heaven (sing). See note on Matthew 6:9 , Matthew 6:10 . brake = after breaking. The bread was made in thin cakes, which had to be broken (not cut) before they could be eaten. Hence the idiom "to break bread" means to eat bread, as in Luke 24:35 ; Acts 27:35 . See notes on Numbers 18:19 , and Isaiah 58:7 . Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of the Adjunct). App-6 . to = [gave] to. The Ellipsis must be thus supplied from the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Matthew 14:19

And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.Christ tested the faith of the multitude by the command to sit down on the grass. The store out of which food was to be supplied for so vast a company was evident to all; and it is a mark of their confidence in the Lord that they sat down.Note that Christ, as Billy... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 14:19

Matthew 14:19. And he commanded the multitude, &c.— See the note on Joh 6:11 where this miracle is related more circumstantially, and where we shall speak more fully concerning it. read more

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