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St. John 6: 1-9
Here we have
a familiar story of the Bible taking place at the height of Jesus’s earthly
ministry. This is the only miracle story other than the resurrection found in
all four gospels. The fact that it has
been repeated 4 times draws attention to its great importance.
- Matt 14: 13-21 gives it to us in a factual kind of way
- Mark 6: 30-44 talks to us in a little more detail and gets more into conversations that took place
- St. John 6: 1-14 brings us to a more emotional or human side as he gets more into why some things took place.
- Luke version embraces a little style of all the other writers and brings us to a place in which only Luke (the Physician) can. He’s detailed yet human. He’s factual yet still emotional.
All 4
accounts agree that Jesus fed 5,000 men with 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread. The Bible doesn’t include the women and
children. If 5,000 men all had wives, that equals another 5,000, and if they
all had at least 2 children, that equals another 10,000. So, it could have possibly been 20,000 people!