FEEDING OF THE 5000
2 Kings 4 has a story of 20 loaves feeding 100 soldiers with food left over. This story has 5 loaves and 2 fish feeding 5000 men (plus women and children) with 12 baskets of food left over.
A miracle that is mentioned in all 4 gospels.
A story that shows God's provision.
A story that shows Jesus' compassion.
But, something bothers me - the suggestion is that 5 loaves and 2 fish is all the food they had.
WHO BROUGHT THE BASKETS?
The word for basket is 'spuris' (σπυρίς) - it means 'lunch basket' or 'provisions basket'.
Did 12 families bring empty baskets?
or
Did a load of families bring full σπυρίς then share their food after Jesus finished praying?
Did 12 families then hand their baskets to each of the disciples to be used to collect the leftovers?
or
Something else?
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