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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 14:19

19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. Ver. 19. And looking up to heaven, he blessed ] Heathens consecrated their cares before they tasted them, as appears by many passages in Homer and Virgil. Some say that the elephant, ere he eats his food, turns up with his trunk the first sprig towards heaven. The... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 14:19

he commanded: Matthew 15:35, Mark 6:39, Mark 8:6, Luke 9:14, John 6:10 looking: Mark 6:41, Mark 7:34, Luke 9:16, John 11:41 he blessed: Matthew 15:36, Matthew 26:26, Matthew 26:27, 1 Samuel 9:13, Mark 8:6, Mark 14:22, Mark 14:23, Luke 22:19, Luke 24:30, John 6:11, John 6:23, Acts 27:35, Romans 14:6, 1 Corinthians 10:16, 1 Corinthians 10:31, 1 Corinthians 11:24, Colossians 3:17, 1 Timothy 4:4, 1 Timothy 4:5 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 8:10 - thou hast 1 Kings 17:6 - the ravens Psalms 132:15 -... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:15-21

§ 63. MIRACLE OF FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND, Matthew 14:15-21 . The fullest account is given in Mark 6:34-44; and some additional particulars are furnished in John 6:1-14. The precise spot where this miracle was performed is not certainly known; but the most reliable opinion, we think, is that of Dr. Thomson, who, in view of all the facts detailed 15-33, is very sure that it was at Butaiha, an appendage to Bethsaida lying to its southwest, along the shore of the lake. He says, speaking of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:19

19. On the grass It is called a desert as being uninhabited, not as being barren. It seems to have been a grassy plain. Sit down In parties, or as we may say, in separate tables, as Mark informs us. Thus the whole was more orderly. read more

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