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Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat."
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A Practical Concern
Commentators note that the disciples' suggestion to send the people away was not a sign of weak faith, but an act of practical concern. Seeing the late hour and the remote location, they proposed the most logical solution to ensure the hungry crowd could find food.
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Into the country and villages round about (εις τους κυκλω αγρους κα κωμας). The fields (αγρους) were the scattered farms (Latin, <…
19th Century
Anglican
Into the country.—Better, the farms—i.e., the enclosed, cultivated land, and what belonged to it.
And buy the…
Jesus’ disciples became concerned for the crowd. It was late in the day; and in that distant place, there was little possibility of obtaining food.…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Send them away Leave off preaching, dismiss the assembly; see (Matthew 14:15) ;
that …
Presbyterian
Ministers should do or teach only what they are willing to have told to their Lord. Christ notices the fears of some and the labors of others among…
