Lucas 9:13

13 Ele, porém, respondeu: “Deem-lhes vocês algo para comer”.Eles disseram: “Temos apenas cinco pães e dois peixes—a menos que compremos alimento para toda esta multidão”.

Lucas 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:13

And he said to them, give ye them to eat
Signifying, that it was not his will to dismiss people, and send them scattering abroad into the adjacent cities, towns, or houses; and that there was no need of it, but that his will was, that they should be supplied with provisions out of their stock:

and they said, we have no more than five loaves and two fishes;
and these loaves were barley loaves, and the fishes small, ( John 6:9 )

except we should go and buy meat for all this people;
which would at least cost them two hundred pence; and which they represent as impossible to be done, either through want of so much money, or the scarcity of provision in those parts; where, had they money, it would be difficult, at least to get such a quantity of provisions at once, which so great a number of persons required.

Lucas 9:13 In-Context

11 mas as multidões ficaram sabendo, e o seguiram. Ele as acolheu e falava-lhes acerca do Reino de Deus e curava os que precisavam de cura.

12 Ao fim da tarde os Doze aproximaram-se dele e disseram: “Manda embora a multidão para que eles possam ir aos campos vizinhos e aos povoados, e encontrem comida e pousada, porque aqui estamos em lugar deserto”.

13 Ele, porém, respondeu: “Deem-lhes vocês algo para comer”.Eles disseram: “Temos apenas cinco pães e dois peixes—a menos que compremos alimento para toda esta multidão”.

14 (E estavam ali cerca de cinco mil homens.)Mas ele disse aos seus discípulos: “Façam-nos sentar-se em grupos de cinquenta”.

15 Os discípulos assim fizeram, e todos se assentaram.