much the more is given. — 6'tXtts, thou toishesi) There is faith even in wishing. — axb, x.r.X., from that very hour) The sound ness which followed was lasting.
29. 'Exadjjro, sat) He did not take the initiative and command the multitudes to approach, but He awaited them.
30. 'Erepoug, others) sc. who were sick. — tppi-^av, cast) since they pressed upon each other.1
32. Sfl-Xay^w'^o^cw, 1 have compassion) Whilst the people for get hunger in admiration, Jesus pities them, and is not affected by their praise of His miracles. Glory and mercy elsewhere seldom meet. — vpoff/Asycuffi Mo/, they remain with Me2) It was the interest of the people to remain with Jesus ; and yet He em braces that as a reason for conferring a fresh benefit upon them. The people were ready to remain longer. — r/, what) for 6, that which, see the LXX. in Gen. xxxviii. 25. — vriffmc, fasting) Our Lord never" dismissed any one without relieving their necessities.
33. Uodev, whence) Cf. Num. xi. 21 ; 2 Kings iv. 43. — JifAn, to us) The disciples already understood that they would have to take some part in the matter.
34. 'ox/ya tystivBia, a few little fishes) They speak disparag ingly of their provision, for in ver. 36 the diminutive form is no longer employed.
36. Eu^ap/ffrjjffas, having given thanks) It is right to give thanks even before food (see Acts xxvii. 35), and there it is the same as suXoy/a, or benediction, for it is an acknow ledgment of the Divine blessing for the past and the future. Jesus referred everything to the Father, and here gave thanks for the loaves, and for the approaching satisfying of the people; cf. John xi. 41. — fv^apia-riTv is a verb found fault with by Phrynichus,3 but used also by Diodorus Si- culus.4
1 Ver. 31. TOV Qiov 'I<r/so«jX, the God of Israel) See ver. 24. — V. g.
2 Fresh patients being ever and anon laid down in the midst, one after the other. — V. g.
8 PHRYNICUS, a rhetorician and sophist of Bythinia, who flourished in the second century of the Christian fera. — (I. B.)
4 DIODORUS SICULUS, an ancient Greek historian. Born at Agyrium in the first century after Christ.— (I. B.)