Eyewitness Bible: One-Hit Wonders
Eyewitness Bible: One-Hit Wonders Ep2 - How to Rule the World
Season 1, Episode 2 • Drama
The feeding of the five thousand begins with loaves and fishes from a boy
Other than the resurrection, Jesus’ feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle recorded in all four gospels. It is likely that only Matthew and John were there to see it.
Matthew says Jesus retired to a solitary place by boat after hearing of the death of John the Baptist. The crowd watched him and followed on foot. When he landed he saw the great crowd, had compassion and healed their sick. As evening approached, the disciples asked Jesus to send the crowd away so they could buy food in the villages of the area.; instead, Jesus told the disciples not to send them away, but to give them something to eat. They said they had only five loaves of bread and two fish. Jesus blessed those and gave them to the disciples, who gave them to the people. After all had eaten their fill, the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces. Jesus fed five thousand men, besides the women and children.
Mark adds that Jesus began teaching when he landed; the disciples said it would take more than half a year’s wages to buy food to feed the crowd; and Jesus told them to find out how many loaves and fishes were available. He also wrote that Jesus had the crowd sit down in groups of fifties and hundreds.
Scripture references: Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:1-14
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