Juan 6:11

11 Entonces Jesús tomó los panes, y habiendo dado gracias, los repartió a los que estaban recostados; y lo mismo hizo con los pescados, dándoles todo lo que querían.

Juan 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.

Juan 6:11 In-Context

9 Aquí hay un muchacho que tiene cinco panes de cebada y dos pescados; pero ¿qué es esto para tantos?

10 Jesús dijo: Haced que la gente se recueste. Y había mucha hierba en aquel lugar. Así que los hombres se recostaron, en número de unos cinco mil.

11 Entonces Jesús tomó los panes, y habiendo dado gracias, los repartió a los que estaban recostados; y lo mismo hizo con los pescados, dándoles todo lo que querían.

12 Cuando se saciaron, dijo<***> a sus discípulos: Recoged los pedazos que sobran, para que no se pierda nada.

13 Los recogieron, pues, y llenaron doce cestas con los pedazos de los cinco panes de cebada que sobraron a los que habían comido.