On the ground (επ την γην). No mention of "grass" as in 14:19 for this time, midsummer, the grass would be parched and gone.

The miracle recorded here, the feeding of the four thousand, took place on a mountain, near the Sea of Galilee. The same account is recorded in Mar…

He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground — Probably, with the same orderly precision as before, by hundreds and by fif…

And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

It is very wonderful that t…

St. Jerome: Christ first took away the infirmities of the sick and afterward supplied food to those who had been healed. He a…

If the number of baskets of leftovers in 14:20 is symbolic, it is hard to see why the seven baskets here (v.37) are not symbolic. The number seven …

And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground .
] Not regarding the smallness of the provisions, nor any …

Whatever our situation, the only way to find ease and relief is to lay it at Christ's feet, to submit it to Him, and refer it to His disposal. Thos…

Previously, the Gospel teaching was confirmed by the deliverance of the Gentiles from the power of the devil through Christ’s might; now He confirm…