12. Ἡ δὲ ἡμέρα ἤρξατο κλίνειν’ προσελθόντες δὲ οἱ δώδεκα εἶπον αὐτῷ, '᾽Απόλυσον τὸν ὄχλον, ἵνα ἀπελθόντες 1 eis τὰς κύκλωῳ κώµας καὶ τοὺς ἀγροὺς καταλύσωσι, καὶ εὕρωσιν ἐπισιτισμόν ' ὅτι Ode ἐν ἐρήμῳ τόπῳ ἐσμέν. 13. Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὗτούς, “ Δότε αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς φαγεῖν. 3. οἱ δὲ εἶπον, “'Οὐκ εἰσὶν ἡμῖν πλεῖον ἢ πέντε ἄρτοι καὶ δύο ἰχθύες, εἶ µήτι πορευθέντες ἡμεῖς ἀγοράσωμεν eis πάντα τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον Bpwpara.” 14. ΄Ἠσαν γὰρ ὡσεὶ ἄνδρες πεντακισχίλιοι. Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ, “΄ Κατακλίνατε αὐτοὺς κλισίας ἀνὰ ὃ πεντήκοντα. 15. Καὶ ἐποίησαν οὕτω, καὶ ἀνέκλιναν * ἅπαντας. 16. Λαβὼν δὲ τοὺς πέντε ἄρτους καὶ τοὺς δύο ἰχθύας, ἀναβλέψας εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς, καὶ κατέκλασε, καὶ ἐδίδου τοῖς μαθηταῖς παρατιθέναι ὃ τῷ ὄχλω. 17. καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἐχορτάσ- θησαν πάντες: καὶ ἤρθη τὸ περισσεῦσαν αὐτοῖς κλασμάτων κόφινοι
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in a participial clause, but in an inde- pendent sentence, as bringing an un- welcome close to the beneficent labours of Jesus. He went on teaching and healing, but (δὲ) the day, etc.—xatadv- σωσι: the disciples in Lk. are solicitous about the lodging as well as the feeding of the Ῥεορ]ε.---ἐπισιτισμόν, provisions, here only in N. T., but often in classics, e.g., With reference to the provisioning of an army (commeatus).—Ver. 13. πλεῖον ἢ: on the construction, vide Winer, § 58, 4 obs. 1.—eb µήτι... ἀγοράσωμεν, unless perhaps we are to buy, etc.; et with subjunctive is one of the forms of protasis in N. T. to express a future supposition with some pro- bability, εἰ takes also present and future indicative. Vide Burton, M. and T., § 252. That Lk. did not regard this pro- posal as, if possible, very feasible, appears from his mentioning the number present at this stage—ver. 14. Hence also he does not think it worth while to mention the amount of money at their disposal (2οο denarii, Mk. vi. 37).--κλισίας, dining parties, answering to Mk.’s ouprogi. Mk.’s πρασιαὶ, describing the appearance to the eye, like flower
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beds, with their gay garments, red, blue, yellow, Lk. omits.—Ver. 16. εὐλόγησεν αὐτοὺς, He blessed them (the loaves), and by the blessing made them sufficient for the wants of all. In Mt. and Mk. εὐλόγησεν has no object. This is the only trait added by Lk. to enhance the greatness of the miracle, unless the position of πάντες after ἐχορτάσθησαν be another = they ate and were filled, all ; not merely a matter of each getting a morsel.
Vy. 18-27. The Christ and the cross (Mt. xvi. 13-28, Mk. viii. 27-ix. 1). At this point occurs a great gap in Lk.’s narrative as compared with those of Mt. and Mk., all between Mt. xiv. 22 and xvi. 12 and between Mk. vi. 45 and viii. 27 being omitted. Various explanations of the omission have been suggested: accident (Meyer, Godet), not in the copy of Mk. used by Lk. (Reuss), mistake of the eye, passing from the second feed- ing as if it were the first (Beyschlag). These and other explanations imply that the omission was unintentional. But against this hypothesis is the fact that the edges of the opposite sides of the gap are brought together in Lk.’s
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