Mǎtaìfúyīn 14:17

17 Méntǔ shuō , wǒmen zhèlǐ zhǐyǒu wǔ ge bǐng , liǎng tiaó yú .

Mǎtaìfúyīn 14:17 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 14:17

And they say unto him
In order to excuse themselves, and to show the impossibility of feeding such a large number of people;

we have here but five loaves;
and these barley ones, coarse bread;

and two fishes;
small ones, which were dried and salted, and fit for present eating; which they either brought along with them for their own refreshment, or rather, were brought thither by a boy to sell, as is usual where a great concourse of people are got together: these words seem to be spoken by Andrew, Simon Peter's brother; who added, "but what are they among so many?" see ( John 6:8 John 6:9 ) not thinking of the power of Christ, who was able to multiply, and make this provision a sufficiency for the whole company.

Mǎtaìfúyīn 14:17 In-Context

15 Tiān jiāng wǎn de shíhou , méntǔ jìn qián lái shuō , zhè shì yĕdì , shíhou yǐjing guò le . qǐng jiào zhòngrén sànkai , tāmen hǎo wǎng cúnzi lǐ qù , zìjǐ mǎi chī de .

16 Yēsū shuō , búyòng tāmen qù , nǐmen gĕi tāmen chī ba .

17 Méntǔ shuō , wǒmen zhèlǐ zhǐyǒu wǔ ge bǐng , liǎng tiaó yú .

18 Yēsū shuō , ná guō lái gĕi wǒ .

19 Yúshì fēnfu zhòngrén zuò zaì cǎodì shang . jiù ná zhe zhè wǔ ge bǐng , liǎng tiaó yú , wàng zhe tiān , zhùfú , bāi kāi bǐng , dìgĕi méntǔ . méntǔ yòu dìgĕi zhòngrén .