2 Reis 4:43

43 Disse, porém, seu servo: Como hei de pôr isto diante de cem homens? Ao que tornou Eliseu: Dá-o ao povo, para que coma; porque assim diz o Senhor: Comerão e sobejará.

2 Reis 4:43 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 4:43

And his servitor said
His servant Gehazi very probably:

what, should I set this before one hundred men?
for so many, it seems, the sons of the prophets were in this place; and these loaves being very small, no more, it is thought by some, than one man could eat, and the ears of corn but few, the servant suggests they would be nothing comparatively to such a company of men:

he said again, give the people, that they may eat;
he insisted upon it that his orders should be obeyed:

for thus saith the Lord, they shall eat, and shall leave thereof;
it was suggested to him by a spirit of prophecy, there would be enough for them, and to spare.

2 Reis 4:43 In-Context

41 Ele, porém, disse: Trazei farinha. E deitou-a na panela, e disse: Tirai para os homens, a fim de que comam. E já não havia mal nenhum na panela.

42 Um homem veio de Baal-Salisa, trazendo ao homem de Deus pães das primícias, vinte pães de cevada, e espigas verdes no seu alforje. Eliseu disse: Dá ao povo, para que coma.

43 Disse, porém, seu servo: Como hei de pôr isto diante de cem homens? Ao que tornou Eliseu: Dá-o ao povo, para que coma; porque assim diz o Senhor: Comerão e sobejará.

44 Então lhos pôs diante; e comeram, e ainda sobrou, conforme a palavra do Senhor.