The Pulpit Commentary on Mark 6:35-44

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Feeding the five thousand: a miracle.

One of the most signally demonstrative and masterly of Christ's miracles, whether we consider the circumstances in which it was wrought, the details of its carrying out, or the dimensions and absoluteness of the result. How carefully the evidence was accumulated by Christ of the truly miraculous nature of this work! It was a grand display of—

I. WISDOM.

1. A practical (and symbolical) discipline of the Church in its great function towards the world.

2. A demonstration to the world of the principles and order of the kingdom of God.

II. POWER.

1. Creative.

2. Multiplying human resources.

III. MERCY. Wisdom and power co-operative towards the accomplishing of the highest blessing. Mercy the chief work of God as of man.

1. Bodily, in the relief of the hunger, consideration for the weariness of the multitude.

2. Spiritual, in giving spiritual bread, in teaching dependence upon God, and in enjoining economy of Divine gifts.—M.

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