Saw the sign which he did (ιδοντες α εποιησεν σημεια). "Signs" oldest MSS. have. This sign added to those already wrought (verse 2…

That Prophet, etc. The Messiah. The power to work the miracle, and the benevolence manifested in it, showed that he was the long-expected …

Miracle.—Better, sign. .

That Jesus did.—Better, that He did. The example is instructive, as it shows ho…

Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above un…

St. John Chrysostom: Just as missiles rebound with great force from a hard body and fly off in all directions, while a softer …

The miracle excited the wonder of the people and compelled them to recognize that Jesus was an unusual person. The allusion to “the Prophet” is pro…

Those men, therefore. The miracle appears to have had this advantage: they acknowledge its author to be the Messiah; for Christ had no oth…

Then those men
The five thousand men, who had been fed with the loaves and fishes:

John relates the miracle of feeding the multitude because it relates to the following discourse. Observe the effect this miracle had on the people.…

1. Previously, the Evangelist told us about the miracle of the loaves and fishes. Now he shows the threefold effect this miracle had on the …