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LUKE 9:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 9:15Luke 9:17
“Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.”
Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. Then he gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people — the fourfold action (took, gave thanks, broke, gave) is the Eucharistic action that Luke will use for the Last Supper and the Emmaus meal. Looking up to heaven communicates the divine source of the provision. The disciples are the distributors — between Jesus and the crowd.

Church Fathers on Luke 9:16

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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