Luke 9:12 (WEB)
The day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms and lodge and get food, for we are here in a deserted place.”
Fathers and councils · 40
Augustine of Hippo
“Then, too, he mentions that, when the day was declining, the miracle of the five loaves was wrought.” — editor's note: Luke ix. 10–17.
Read the whole comment“This miracle, therefore, which all the four evangelists record, and in which they are supposed to betray certain discrepancies with each other, must be examined and subjected to discussion, in order that we may also learn…” — editor's note: Mark vi. 34–44; Luke ix. 12–17.
Read the whole comment“Some seventy persons said, “This is an hard saying,” and went back from Him, and there remained the twelve.” — editor's note: So in Epist. 173, sec. 30, Augustin writes, Attendis enim et sæpe repetis, sicut audio, quod in Evangelio scriptum est recessisse a Domino septuaginta…
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John Chrysostom
“Yea, and on other occasions also their kindliness towards men appears in many ways; as when they say, “Send the multitude away;”and, “Knowest thou that they were offended ?”” — editor's note: Luke ix. 12.
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Tertullian
“He feeds the multitude in the desert place; this, you must know was after the manner of the Old Testament.” — editor's note: Luke ix. 10–17.
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on Luke
Matthew and Mark, taking occasion from what had occurred above, relate here how John was slain by Herod. But Luke, who had long before given an account of John’s sufferings, after mentioning that perplexity of…
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But they not only tell Him what they had done and taught, but also, as Matthew implies, the things which John suffered while they were occupied in teaching, are now repeated to Him either by His own, or, according to…
Read the whole comment - Isidore of SevilleCatena Aurea on Luke
Our Lord because He hates the men of blood, and those that dwell with them, as long as they depart not from their crimes, after the murder of the Baptist left the murderers and departed; as it follows, And he took…
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Now Bethsaida is in Galilee, the city of the Apostles Andrew, Peter, and Philip, near the lake of Gennesaret. Our Lord did not this from fear of death, (as some think,) but to spare His enemies, lest they should…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Now He did not depart before, but after it was told Him what had happened, manifesting in each particular the reality of His incarnation.
Read the whole comment - Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke
But our Lord went into a desert place because He was about to perform the miracle of the loaves of bread, that no one should say that the bread was brought from the neighbouring cities.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Or He went into a desert place that no one might follow Him. But the people did not retire, but accompanied Him, as it follows, And the people when they knew it, followed him.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
Some indeed asking to be delivered from evil spirits, but others desiring of Him the removal of their diseases; those also who were delighted with His teaching attended Him diligently.
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But He as the powerful and merciful Saviour by receiving the weary, by teaching the ignorant, curing the sick, filling the hungry, implies how He was pleased with their devotion; as it follows, And he received them,…
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That you may learn that the wisdom which is in us is distributed into word and work, and that it becomes us to speak of what has been done, and to do what we speak of. But when the day was wearing away, the disciples…
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For, as has been said, they sought to be healed of different diseases, and because the disciples saw that what they sought might be accomplished by His simple assent, they say, Send them away, that they be no more…
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Now He said not this as ignorant of their answer, but wishing to induce them to tell Him how much bread they had, that so a great miracle might be manifested through their confession, when the quantity of bread was…
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But this was a command which the disciples were unable to comply with, since they had with them but five loaves and two fishes. As it follows, And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we…
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In these words indeed Luke has strung together in one sentence the answer of Philip, saying, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, but that every one may have a little, (John 6:9.) and the…
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But that the difficulty of the miracle may be still more enhanced, the number of men is stated to have been by no means small. As it follows, And there were about five thousand men, besides women and children, (Mat.…
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Our Lord teaches us, that when we entertain any one, we ought to make him sit down at meat, and partake of every comfort. Hence it follows, And he said to his disciples, &c.
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That Luke says here, that the men were ordered to sit down by fifties, but Mark, by fifties and hundreds, does not matter, seeing that one spoke of a part, the other of the whole. But if one had mentioned only the…
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
And to make men believe that He came from the Father, Christ when He was about to work the miracle looked up to heaven. As it follows, Then he took the five loaves, &c.
Read the whole comment - Cyril of AlexandriaCatena Aurea on Luke
This also He did purposely for our sakes, that we may learn that at the commencement of a feast when we are going to break bread, we ought to offer thanks for it to God, and to draw forth the heavenly blessing upon…
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He distributes to them by the hands of His disciples, so honouring them that they might not forget it when the miracle was past. Now He did not create food for the multitude out of what did not exist, that He might…
Read the whole comment - Gregory of NyssaCatena Aurea on Luke
For whom neither the heaven rained manna, nor the earth brought forth corn according to its nature, but from the unspeakable garner of divine power the blessing was poured forth. The bread is supplied in the hands of…
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
It is clear that the multitude were filled not by a scanty meal, but by a constant and increasing supply of food. You might see in an incomprehensible manner amid the hands of those who distributed, the particles…
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Nor was this all that the miracle came to; but it follows, And there was taken up of the fragments that remained, twelve baskets, that this might be a manifest proof that a work of love to our neighbour will claim a…
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And that we might learn the value of hospitality, and how much our own store is increased when we help those that need.
Read the whole comment - John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
But He caused not loaves to remain over, but fragments, that He might shew them to be the remnants of the loaves, and these were made to be of that number, that there might be as many baskets as disciples.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
After that she who received the type of the Church was cured of the issue of blood, and that the Apostles were appointed to preach the Gospel of the kingdom of God, the nourishment of heavenly grace is imparted. But…
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Who Himself having left Judæa, which by unbelief had bereft herself of the source of prophecy, in the desert of the Church which had no husband, dispenses the food of the word. But many companies of the faithful…
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But they who are not proud are themselves received by Christ, and the Word of God speaks with them, not about worldly things, but of the kingdom of God. And if any have ulcers of bodily passions, to these He…
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Now when the day was going down, he refreshes the multitudes, that is, as the end of the world approaches, or when the Sun of righteousness sets for us.
Read the whole comment - Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
Although the multitude is not as yet fed with stronger food. For first, as milk, there are five loaves; secondly, seven; thirdly, the Body of Christ is the stronger food. But if any one fears to seek food, let him…
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The Apostles had only got but the five loaves of the Mosaic law, and the two fishes of each covenant, which were covered in the secret place of obscure mysteries, as in the waters of the deep. But because men have…
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But here the bread which Jesus brake is mystically indeed the word of God, and discourse concorning Christ, which when it is divided is increased. For from these few words, He ministered abundant nourishment to the…
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Now our Saviour does not create new food for the hungry multitudes, but He took those things which the disciples had and blessed them, since coming in the flesh He preaches nothing else than what had been foretold,…
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; Not without meaning are the fragments which remained over and above what the multitudes had eaten, collected by the disciples, since those things which are divine you may more easily find among the elect than among…
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Or by the twelve baskets the twelve Apostles are figured, and all succeeding teachers, despised indeed by men without, but within loaded with the fragments of saving food.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Luke 9:10–17 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 9:10–17 (6) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Luke 9:10–17 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Cyril of Alexandria on Luke 9:10–17 (4) (Catena Aurea).