MATTHEW 14:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.”
But Jesus said: they need not go away; you give them something to eat. The command to the disciples — you give them something to eat — is the unexpected challenge that redirects the disciples' energy from dispersal to provision. The you is emphatic: the disciples who want to send the crowd away are commanded to feed them. The command anticipates the impossibility that verse 17 will voice — but Jesus knows what he is about to do.
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