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NASB | John 6:9 "There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:9 "There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many people?" |
Bible Question:
Thanks for your reply. That is very helpful. I agree. My thought was that I have always heard from the pulpit that it was his lunch and, as you say, the scripture does not say that it was his lunch. I agree, we need to be careful not to build a whole moral code or business practice around this one segment of scripture. However, what would have happened if the boy had held tight to his goods? I think that Jesus would have found another way and the boy would have missed the chance to be part of the miracle. I’m also not clear on whether the boy was paid for his goods or if he gave them without pay. Not sure that it matters, just interesting to think aobut. |
Bible Answer: Dave Wegley Your right most times this is stated that this is his lunch and nothing in scripture indicates this to be true. All your other questions or thoughts are interesting but are do they add anything of value or do they tend to distract from what we know took place? We live in an information society which is good but on the down side some are beginning to suffer from information overload. If it continues it may one day paralyze our society. The Bible supplies us everything we need to know to realize the full purpose of this story. EdB |