馬太福音 14:21

21 吃 的 人 , 除 了 婦 女 孩 子 , 約 有 五 千 。

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馬太福音 14:21 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 14:21

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men,
&c.] The word "about", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, in Munster's Hebrew Gospel, and in the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions, which expressly say there were so many. A large number indeed, to be fed with five loaves and two fishes!

besides women and children;
who were not taken into the account, though they all ate, and were filled, it not being usual with the Jews to number their women; and who might be near as large a number as the men: for generally there is a very great concourse of the female sex, and of children, where anything extraordinary, or out of the way, is to be seen or heard; and of this sort was a large number of Christ's audience, who only came out of curiosity, or for one sinister end or another.

馬太福音 14:21 In-Context

19 於 是 吩 咐 眾 人 坐 在 草 地 上 , 就 拿 著 這 五 個 餅 , 兩 條 魚 , 望 著 天 祝 福 , 擘 開 餅 , 遞 給 門 徒 , 門 徒 又 遞 給 眾 人 。
20 他 們 都 吃 , 並 且 吃 飽 了 ; 把 剩 下 的 零 碎 收 拾 起 來 , 裝 滿 了 十 二 個 籃 子 。
21 吃 的 人 , 除 了 婦 女 孩 子 , 約 有 五 千 。
22 耶 穌 隨 即 催 門 徒 上 船 , 先 渡 到 那 邊 去 , 等 他 叫 眾 人 散 開 。
23 散 了 眾 人 以 後 , 他 就 獨 自 上 山 去 禱 告 。 到 了 晚 上 , 只 有 他 一 人 在 那 裡 。
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