Luke 9:16

And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. For the exposition, see the notes at Mark 6:30....

10-17 The people followed Jesus, and though they came unseasonably, yet he gave them what they came for. He spake unto them of the kingdom of God. He healed those who had need of healing. And with five loaves of bread and two fishes, Christ fed five thousand men. He will not see those that fear him, and serve him faithfully, want any good thing. When we receive creature-comforts, we must acknowledge that we receive them from God, and that we are unworthy to receive them; that we owe them all, and all the comfort we have in them, to the mediation of Christ, by whom the curse is taken away. The blessing of Christ will make a little go a great way. He fills every hungry soul, abundantly satisfies it with the goodness of his house. Here were fragments taken up: in our Father's house there is bread enough, and to spare. We are not straitened, nor stinted in Christ....

Verse Luke 9:16. _THEN HE TOOK THE FIVE LOAVES_] A minister of the Gospel, who is employed to feed souls, should imitate this conduct of Christ: 1. He ought to exhort the people to hear with _sedate_ and _humble_ reverence. 2. He should first take the _bread_ of life _himself_, that he may be _strengthened_ to feed others. 3. He ought frequently to _lift_ his soul to _God_, in order to draw down the Divine blessing on himself and his hearers. 4. He should _break_ the _loaves _- divide rightly the word of truth, and give to all such portions as are suited to their capacities and states. 5. What he cannot perform himself, he should endeavour to effect by the ministry of others; employing every promising talent, for the edification of the whole, which he finds among t

See the Matthew 14:13 notes, and Mark 6:30 notes. Luke 9:10 BETHSAIDA - A city on the east bank of the river Jordan, near where the river enters into the Sea of Tiberias. In the neighborhood of that city were extensive wastes or deserts. Luke 9:12 DAY BEGAN TO WEAR AWAY - To decline, or as it drew near toward evening....

EXPOSITION LUKE 9:1 _The Master sends out the twelve on a mission_. LUKE 9:1 THEN HE CALLED HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES TOGETHER. The Galilee ministry was just over; _outwardly_ it had been a triumphant success; vast crowds had been gathered together. The Master was generally welcomed with a positive enthusiasm; the people heard him gladly. Here and there were visible, as in the eases of the woman who touched him and the synagogue ruler who prayed him to heal his little daughter, just related (Luke 8:1.), conspicuous examples of a strange or mighty faith; but the success, the Master knew too well, was only on the surface. The crowds who to-day shouted "Ho

THEN HE TOOK THE FIVE LOAVES AND THE TWO FISHES,.... Into his hands, being brought him by the disciples from the lad that had them: AND LOOKING UP TO HEAVEN: to his Father there, from whom all the mercies and blessings of life come; HE BLESSED THEM; either asked, or commanded a blessing on them, that they might multiply and increase, that there might be a sufficiency for all the people, and that, they might be nourishing to them. Beza observes, that in his most ancient copy, it is read, "he blessed upon them"; which perfectly agrees with the Jewish way of speaking, בדך על הפת "he that blesseth upon the bread"; ברך על היין "he that blesseth upon the wine"; and so upon the fruits of trees, and upon the fruits of the earth, and upon other things s; AND BRAKE; the loaves, and divided the fishes into parts: AND GAVE TO THE DISCIPLES TO SET BEFORE THE MULTITUDE; as they sat in ranks, and i...

CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 9:1-50 _ 1. Christ Sends Forth the Twelve Apostles. (Luke 9:1)_ 2. Herod Perplexed. (Luke 9:7) 3. The Return of the Apostles. (Luke 9:10) 4. The Feeding of the Five Thousand. (Luke 9:11) 5. Peter's Confession of Christ. (Luke 9:18) 6. The Son of Man Announces His Death and Resurrection. (Luke 9:22) 7. Necessity of Self-Denial. (Luke 9:23) 8. The Trans

THE FEEDING OF THE MULTITUDE (Mark 6:31 *, Matthew 14:13 *). Lk., like Mt., abbreviates Mk He fixes the scene at Bethsaida; in Mk. Jesus crosses the lake to that town afterwards, but perhaps Mk. is wrong and means Capernaum. Lk. omits the walking of Jesus on the water, and other material found in Mark 6:45 to Mark 8:26, _e.g._ (_a)_ the feeding of the 4000, (_b)_ the debate on the washing of hands and the traditions of the elders, and (_c_) the healing of the Greek woman's daughter. He may have deemed (_a)_ needless repetition, (_b)_ uninteresting to Gentile readers, (_c_) offensive to the same circle, or at an

EMISSARIES OF THE KING (Luke 9:1-9)...

TO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. Not the same word as in verses: Luke 9:14; Luke 9:40; Luke 9:52; Luke 14:62. HEAVEN. the heaven (Singular.) See notes on Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10....