The Feeding of Five Thousand

13 Now when[a] Jesus heard it,[b] he withdrew from there in a boat to an isolated place by himself. And when[c] the crowds heard it,[d] they followed him by land from the towns. 14 And as he[e] got out, he saw the large crowd and had compassion on them and healed their sick. 15 Now when it[f] was evening, the disciples came to him saying, “The place is desolate and the hour is late.[g] Release the crowds so that they can go away into the villages and[h] purchase food for themselves.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 14:13 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Matthew 14:13 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Matthew 14:13 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Matthew 14:14 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“got out”) which is understood as temporal
  6. Matthew 14:15 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
  7. Matthew 14:15 Literally “has passed away”
  8. Matthew 14:15 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“go away”) has been translated as a finite verb