Here (ωδε). Of all places, in this desert region in the mountains. The disciples feel as helpless as when the five thousand were f…

Satisfy.—The verb is the same as the “filled” of Mark 7:27.

Here in the wilderness.—The word here, as in M…

Why did they not ask their Master what he could do in such an emergency as that? After so much experience of his power as they had already had, it …

Theophylact of Ohrid: After the Lord had performed the previous miracle of multiplying the loaves, a fitting occasion prese…

The disciples’ reply suggests they had completely forgotten the feeding of the five thousand. This is perhaps the strongest argument against the vi…

And his disciples answered him
The Syriac version renders it, "say unto him"; and the Persic and Ethiopic, "said unt…

Our Lord Jesus encouraged the lowliest to come to him for life and grace. Christ knows and considers our constitution. The bounty of Christ is alwa…