“And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.”
If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way; because some of them have come a long distance — the practical concern continues: collapse on the way communicates real danger, not just inconvenience. The distance some have traveled means they cannot simply find food along the way. The feeding is framed as a pastoral necessity: Jesus has created the situation (three days of teaching) and must therefore address its consequence (hunger on the long journey home).
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