‘Philip answered him, “Two hundred denarii of bread is not sufficient for them that every one may take a little”.'

Philip's reply is to point out that it will cost a considerable sum to feed them (200 denarii - a denarius was a day's pay. NIV translates ‘eight month's wages' for an individual). This brings out the size of the crowd. The emphasis is being laid on the fact that without God there could be no solution to the problem.

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