KATA MAPKON νι.
384 αὐτόν. 34. καὶ ἐξελθὼν εἶδεν ὁ ᾿Ιησοῦς Σ πολὺν ὄχλον, καὶ ἐσπλαγ- χγίσθη én’ avrois,® ὅτι ἦσαν ὡς πρόβατα μὴ ἔχοντα ποιμένα: καὶ ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτοὺς πολλά. 35. Καὶ ἤδη ὥρας πολλῆς γενομένης, προσελθόντες αὐτῷ ά οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ \éyouow,** “Ore ἔρημός ἐστιν ὁ τόπος, καὶ ἤδη Spa πολλή: 36. ἀπόλυσον αὐτούς,, ἵνα ἀπελθόντες eis τοὺς κύκλῳ ἀγροὺς καὶ κώµας, ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς dptous®+ τί γὰρ φάγωσιν οὐκ ἔχουσιν ὅ 37. Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “ Δότε αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν. Kai λέγουσιν αὐτῶ, ““᾽Απελθόντες ἀγοράσωμεν διακοσίων δηναρίων 8 ἄρτους, καὶ δῶμεν ἴ αὐτοῖς payeiv.” 38. Ὁ δὲ λέγει αὐτοῖς, “Méaous ἄρτους ἔχετε ; ὑπάγετε καὶ ὃ tere.” Καὶ γνόντες λέγουσι, “Πέντε, καὶ δύο ἰχθύας.” 39. Καὶ ἐπέταξεν αὐτοῖς ἀνακλῖναι ὃ πάντας συμπόσια συμπόσια ἐπὶ τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ. 40. καὶ ἀνέπεσον πρασιαὶ πρασιαί, ἀνὰ 10 ἑκατὸν καὶ ἀνὰ 10 πεντήκοντα. 41. καὶ λαβὼν τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, εὐλόγησε: καὶ κατέκλασε τοὺς ἄρτους, καὶ ἐδίδου τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ” : ἵνα παραθῶσιν 13 αὐτοῖς - καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας ἐμέρισε πᾶσι' 42. καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες, καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν : 43. καὶ ἦραν κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις, ὃ
1 SSBLA omit kat συνηλθον προς αυτον (Tisch., W.H.). 4 In BA, omitted in KD. . εχουσιν SBLA have simply τι φαγωσιν (Tisch., W.H.).
° επ αντους in NBD. ° For αρτονς . 6 δην. Stax. in HABLA.
ὃ και omit SBDL 33. 10 κατα in SBD (Tisch., W.H.). 12 παρατιθωσιν in BLA.
ultimate result, a congregation of 5000. This the climax of popularity, and, from the fourth Gospel we learn, its crisis (chap. vi.).—mpoq\ov, “outran”’ (A. V.), anticipated = Φθάνειν in classics.
Vv. 34-44. The feeding (Mt. xiv. 14-21, Lk. ix. 11-17).—Ver. 34. ἤρξατο διδά- σκειν, He began to teach, constrained by pity (ἐσπλαγχνίσθη), though weary of toil and of popularity. To teach ; Mt. says to heal. There could be few, if any, sick in a crowd that had come in such a hurry.—Ver. 35. pas πολλῆς, it being late in the day.—roAvg was ex- tensively used by the Greeks in all sorts of connections, time included; examples in Kypke and Hermann’s Viger, p. 137 f. The phrase recurs in last clause of this verse (ὥρα πολλή).--Ὑδτ. 37. δηναρ. διακ. ἄρτους, loaves of (purchasable for) 200 denarii; the sum probably sug- gested by what the Twelve knew they were in possession of at the time = seven pounds in the purse of the Jesus-circle
? Omit o |. NAB al. pl. 4” eheyoy in BLA.
7 δωσωμεν ἵπ NBD. «-ομεν LA (W.H.). 2 ανακλιθηναι in NB. ανακλιναι DLA. 11 αντον omit RELA.
15 B has κλασματα δ. κοφινων rAnpwpata (W.H.).
(Grotius, Holtz., H. C.).—Ver. το. συμπόσια συµ. Hebraistic for ava συμ. (cf. δύο δύο, νετ. 7)=in dining com- panies.—éwt τῷ χλωρῷ χόρτῳ, on the green grass; a reedy, marshy place near the mouth of the Jordan at the north end of the lake. Vide Stanley’s description (Sinai and Palestine).—Ver. 40. πρασιαὶ πρασιαὶ-- ἀνὰ πρασίας, in garden flower plots, or squares, picturesque in fact and in description, bespeaking an eye-witness ef an impressionable nature like Peter.— Ver. 43. καὶ ἡραν, etc., and they took up, as fragments (κλάσματα, BL), the fillings (πληρώματα) of twelve baskets.— καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων, and of the fishes, either over and above what was in the twelve baskets (Fritzsche), or some fragments of the fishes included in them (Meyer).—Ver. 44. πεντακισχίλιοι ἄν- Spes, 5000 men: one loaf for τοοο! Mt. adds: ywpls γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων, women and children: not counted. Of these, in the circumstances, there would
34-51.
καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων. πεντακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες.