the ground: and he took the |36 to sit down on the ground; and seven loaves, and having given | he took the seven loaves and thanks, he brake, and gave to | the fishes; and he gave thanks his disciples, to set before | and brake, and gave to the them; and they set them before | disciples, and the disciples to 7 the multitude. And they had a | multitudes. few small fishes: and having | blessed them, he commanded to | 8 set these also before them. And|37 And they did all they did eat, and were filled: | eat, and were filled: and they and they took up, of broken | took up that which remained pieces that remained over, | over of the broken pieces, seven 9 seven baskets. And they were |38 baskets full. And they that did about four thousand: and he | eat were four thousand men, sent them away. | beside women and children. [Footnote 1: Gr. _loaves_.] [Footnote a: Observe how carefully he keeps away from the territory ruled by Herod Antipas. The tetrarch Philip, who governed the districts east of the Lake of Galilee and of the upper Jordan, was a better man than Antipas, and moreover had no cause to feel uneasy about Jesus.] [Footnote b: It is to be noted that Mark and Matthew give the feeding of the five thousand and of the four thousand. Mark and Matthew likewise report Jesus as referring to both incidents (Mark 8:19-20 = Matt. 16:9-10). Hence, it is hard to think of a mere confusion in the use of the data. There is no real reason why both incidents could not be true.] § 80. THE BRIEF VISIT TO MAGADAN (DALMANUTHA) IN GALILEE AND THE SHARP ATTACK BY THE PHARISEES AND THE SADDUCEES (NOTE THEIR APPEARANCE NOW AGAINST JESUS)