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LUKE 9:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 9:16Luke 9:18
“And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.”
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over — all ate and were satisfied: the abundance is complete. Twelve basketfuls left over: the surplus exceeds the original supply. The kingdom's provision is not minimal subsistence but abundant excess — twelve baskets for twelve disciples, or twelve tribes, or both.

Church Fathers on Luke 9:17

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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