Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"
Verse Takeaways
1
An Impossible Command
Commentators emphasize that Jesus' command, "You give them something to eat," was intentionally startling. He placed the responsibility directly on the disciples, whose immediate reaction was to calculate the immense cost—about eight months' wages—revealing their focus on their own limited resources rather than Jesus' divine power.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Mark
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
4
18th Century
Presbyterian
Two hundred pennyworth of bread. About 27 dollars [or £6 sterling]. As the disciples had a common purse in which they carried their little…
Jesus, however, ordered the disciples to supply food. He uses the emphatic personal pronoun: “You give them something to eat” (emphasis mine). The …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He answered and said to them, give you them to eat This he said to try their faith, and make way for the following m…
Consider supporting our work
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…