Luke 9:17

The Feeding of the Five Thousand · Luke 9:10–17
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Translations

Modern
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.
Traditional
And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
Literal
And they all ate and were satisfied; and that having superabounded to them was taken up, twelve hand-baskets of fragments.
Latin
Et manducaverunt omnes, et saturati sunt. Et sublatum est quod superfuit illis, fragmentorum cophini duodecim.

Original

Greek
English
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Notes

twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over: God abundantly provides for his people.

The feeding of the 5,000 recalls God’s miraculous feeding of Israel with manna in the wilderness (Exodus 16; see also 2 Kings 4:42–44). It points forward to God’s final salvation as a great feast for all nations (Isaiah 25:6–8; 65:13–14; Luke 14:15–24).

Theme notes and profiles

The Messianic Banquet

Events

Parallels

Matthew 14:13–21 Mark 6:30–44 John 6:1–15

Glossary

Bethsaida Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Bread Herod, Herodian Family Jesus Christ Luke, Gospel of Prophecy

Topics

Fish: Miracles Connected with of the Loaves and Fishes Jesus, the Christ: Miracles of More than Five-Thousand People Fed Jesus, the Christ: The Twelve Apostles Return Loaves: Miracle of the Five