2 Reis 4:43

43 O auxiliar de Eliseu perguntou: “Como poderei servir isso a cem homens?”Eliseu, porém, respondeu: “Sirva a todos, pois assim diz o SENHOR: ‘Eles comerão, e ainda sobrará’.”

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 Então Eliseu pediu um pouco de farinha, colocou no caldeirão e disse: “Sirvam a todos”. E já não havia mais perigo no caldeirão.

42 Veio um homem de Baal-Salisa, trazendo ao homem de Deus vinte pães de cevada, feitos dos primeiros grãos da colheita, e também algumas espigas verdes. Então Eliseu ordenou ao seu servo: “Sirva a todos”.

43 O auxiliar de Eliseu perguntou: “Como poderei servir isso a cem homens?”Eliseu, porém, respondeu: “Sirva a todos, pois assim diz o SENHOR: ‘Eles comerão, e ainda sobrará’.”

44 Então ele serviu a todos e, conforme a palavra do SENHOR, eles comeram e ainda sobrou.