Verse 9
were come = went forth,
to = unto. Greek. eis. App-104 .
saw = see. Greek. blepo. App-133 .
fire of coals . Greek. anthrakia. Only here and John 18:18 .
fish . Greek. opsarion, dim. of opson, cooked meat, eaten as a relish. in John 6:9 , John 6:11 , the only other passage where it occurs, it is in the plural as in John 21:10 below. Here it probably means a little fish,
bread = a loaf. One little fish and one loaf to feed eight persons. A beautiful variant of, and supplement to, the widow's handful of meal and cruse of oil (1 Kings 17:0 ). It was a type of the food He would supply them with, in the strength of which they would go "many days".
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