Juan 6:11

11 Y tomó Jesús aquellos panes, y habiendo dado gracias, repartió a los discípulos, y los discípulos a los que estaban recostados; asimismo de los peces, cuanto 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 Un muchacho está aquí que tiene cinco panes de cebada y dos peces pequeños; ¿mas qué es esto entre tantos

10 Entonces Jesús dijo: Haced recostar los hombres. Y había mucha hierba en aquel lugar; y se recostaron como número de cinco mil varones

11 Y tomó Jesús aquellos panes, y habiendo dado gracias, repartió a los discípulos, y los discípulos a los que estaban recostados; asimismo de los peces, cuanto querían

12 Y cuando fueron saciados, dijo a sus discípulos: Recoged los pedazos que han quedado, para que no se pierda nada

13 Recogieron pues, y llenaron doce cestas de pedazos de los cinco panes de cebada, que sobraron a los que habían comido