Matthew 14:17
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
KJV
οἱ δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· οὐκ ἔχομεν ὧδε εἰ μὴ πέντε ἄρτους καὶ δύο ἰχθύας.
Greek NT
Responderunt ei : Non habemus hic nisi quinque panes et duos pisces.
Vulgate
And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
ASV
They answered him: We have not here, but five loaves, and two fishes.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δύο
duo
adjective · 132×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πέντε
pente
adjective · 38×
ἄρτος
artos
noun · 97×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ἰχθύς
ichthus
noun · 20×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὧδε
ode
adverb · 60×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§1335The miracles of the multiplication of the loaves, when the Lord says the blessing, breaks and distributes the loaves through his disciples to feed the multitude, prefigure the superabundance of this unique bread of his Eucharist.156 The sign of water turned into wine at Cana already announces the Hour of Jesus' glorification. It makes manifest the fulfillment of the wedding fea…
2. He took therefore the five loaves, and the two fishes, and commanded the multitude, it is said, to sit down upon the grass, and looking up to Heaven, He blessed, and broke, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat and were filled, and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about…
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 17:14 — For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
- John 6:5 — When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
- John 6:9 — There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
- Luke 9:13 — But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
- Mark 6:37 — He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
- Mark 6:38 — He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
- Mark 8:4 — And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
- Mark 8:19 — When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
- Matt 15:33 — And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
- Matt 16:9 — Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Matt 16:9 — Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?