Johannes 6:11

11 En Jezus nam de broden, en gedankt hebbende, deelde Hij ze den discipelen, en de discipelen dengenen, die nedergezeten waren; desgelijks ook van de visjes, zoveel zij wilden.

Johannes 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

John 6:11

And Jesus took the loaves
Into his hands, as also the fishes, in order to feed the multitude with them:

and when he had given thanks;
for them, and blessed them, or implored a blessing on them, that they might be nourishing to the bodies of men, as was his usual manner, and which is an example to us;

he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were
sat down.
The Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, only read, "he distributed to them that were sat down": but it was not by his own hands, but by the means of the disciples, who received from him, and gave it to them; so that the sense is the same;

and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would;
that is, they had as much, both of the bread and of the fishes, distributed to them, and which they took and ate, as they chose: in some printed copies it is read, "as much as he would", and so the Persic version; that is, as much as Jesus would; but the former is the true reading, and makes the miracle more illustrious.

Johannes 6:11 In-Context

9 Hier is een jongsken, dat vijf gerstebroden heeft, en twee visjes; maar wat zijn deze onder zo velen?

10 En Jezus zeide: Doet de mensen nederzitten. En er was veel gras in die plaats. Zo zaten dan de mannen neder, omtrent vijf duizend in getal.

11 En Jezus nam de broden, en gedankt hebbende, deelde Hij ze den discipelen, en de discipelen dengenen, die nedergezeten waren; desgelijks ook van de visjes, zoveel zij wilden.

12 En als zij verzadigd waren, zeide Hij tot Zijn discipelen: Vergadert de overgeschoten brokken, opdat er niets verloren ga.

13 Zij vergaderden ze dan, en vulden twaalf korven met brokken van de vijf gerstebroden, welke overgeschoten waren dengenen, die gegeten hadden.