FEEDING OF THE 5000

Feeding of the 5000

Feeding of the 5000

Feeding five thousand has always been one of the most memorable of biblical miracles. Although it may not change the world as raising the dead, this is obviously a practical response to the physical needs of the crowd and a description of how this was done to make this a wonderful story (www.protestantism.suite101.com). Jesus does not stand above the meager loaves and fishes, then magically transform them into a banquet for thousands of people. Instead, he begins to break bread and divide the fish and bring them to the crowd. But, as he prays, the bread continues to beat and keeps the fish division, until all the feed. It sounds like some kind of miraculous sleight of hand (www.4to40.com).

It's a miracle that occurs in the Gospel of Mark and Matthew, also known as the "miracle of the seven loaves and fishes" Given that the Gospel of Matthew says the seven loaves and a few small fish Jesus used to feed many.

"Jesus said to the crowd to sit down. Then he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and when he gave thanks, broke it and gave to his disciples, and they, in turn, to the people. We ate everything and were satisfied. Then the disciples picked up seven baskets of pieces that are left. among those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. When Jesus sent the crowd away, he sat in a boat and went in the Magadan region.

It is difficult to understand why well-meaning Christians, that the base of the very foundation of their outlook on the reality of the resurrection of Jesus so much trouble believing that miracles were performed by Jesus (www.protestantism.suite101.com).

John probably wrote his Gospel at the end of his life, perhaps while in exile in Patmos, after he had witnessed many miracles in his life. Therefore, it is typical for him not to appoint more acceptable or "plausible" explanation for this story. Assuming that Matthew was careful and somewhat shrill left in his thinking, he writes feeding as a miracle - not in the nature of people confronted with their own selfishness, but in the true sense of the term. It is noteworthy that in the Gospel of John 6:15, people who have fed this way, wanted to take Jesus' power to make him king." (www.4to40.com)

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