“In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,”
During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said — the second feeding miracle is introduced as a parallel to the first (Mark 6:34–44) with deliberate structural echoes: large crowd, nothing to eat, Jesus calling the disciples. The Decapolis setting places this feeding in Gentile territory, making the two feedings a pair: one in Jewish territory (five loaves, five thousand, twelve basketfuls), one in Gentile territory (seven loaves, four thousand, seven basketfuls). The kingdom feeds both Israel and the nations.
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