He answered and said unto them,
Give you them to eat.
And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
For two hundred pence. See Matthew xviii. 28. The apostles seem to speak these words ironically, to signify that they had not so much money as could procure a mouthful for each of them. (Witham)
As man he was put to the test, but as God he came through victorious— yes, he bids us be of good cheer, because he has conquered the world. He hungered—yet he fed thousands. He is indeed “living, heavenly bread.” He thirsted—yet he exclaimed: “Whoever thirsts, let him come to me and drink.” Indeed he promised that believers would become fountains. Oration , On the Son
