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When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."
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The Prophet Has Come
Commentators widely agree that when the crowd saw Jesus feed the 5,000, they correctly identified Him as "the Prophet" foretold in Deuteronomy 18:15. Just as Moses provided manna in the wilderness, Jesus provided bread, leading the people to believe the long-awaited Messiah had finally arrived.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
That Prophet, etc. The Messiah. The power to work the miracle, and the benevolence manifested in it, showed that he was the long-expected …
Saw the sign which he did (ιδοντες α εποιησεν σημεια). "Signs" oldest MSS. have. This sign added to those already wrought (verse 2…
19th Century
Anglican
Miracle.—Better, sign. ().
That Jesus did.—Better, that He did. The example is instructive, as it shows …
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Baptist
Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above un…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Those men, therefore. The miracle appears to have had this advantage: they acknowledge its author to be the Messiah; for Christ had no oth…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then those men The five thousand men, who had been fed with the loaves and fishes:
when they had …
John relates the miracle of feeding the multitude because it relates to the following discourse. Observe the effect this miracle had on the people.…
13th Century
Catholic
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 …
