And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc., seeHom. in Matt., 49: Now it was with fitness that He looked up to heaven, for the Jews, when receiving manna in the desert, presumed to say of God, “Can he give bread?” To prevent this, therefore, before He performed the miracle, He referred to His Father when He was about to do.
