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LUKE 9:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
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“But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.”
He replied, you give them something to eat. They answered, we have only five loaves of bread and two fish — unless we go and buy food for all this crowd — you give them something to eat: the responsibility is placed on the disciples. The answer reveals the inventory (five loaves, two fish) and the perceived impossibility (unless we buy food for all this crowd).

Church Fathers on Luke 9:13

Matthew and Mark, taking occasion from what had occurred above, relate here how John was slain by Herod. But Luke, who had long before given an account of John’s sufferings, after mentioning that perplexity of Herod’s, as to who our Lord was, immediately adds, And the apostles when they were returned told him all that they had done.

Augustine · 4th century

But they not only tell Him what they had done and taught, but also, as Matthew implies, the things which John suffered while they were occupied in teaching, are now repeated to Him either by His own, or, according to Matthew, by John’s disciples.

Bede · 8th century

Our Lord because He hates the men of blood, and those that dwell with them, as long as they depart not from their crimes, after the murder of the Baptist left the murderers and departed; as it follows, And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.

Isidore of Seville · 7th century
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