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2 Kings 4:42-44

2Kgs.4.42-2Kgs.4.44

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42A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, “Give to the men, that they may eat.” 43But his servant said, “How can I set this before a hundred men?” So he repeated, “Give them to the men, that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’” 44So he set it before them. And they ate and had some left, according to the word of the LORD.
2 Kings 4:42-44 English Standard Version (ESV)Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The ESV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons license. The ESV may not be translated into any other language.

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  1. The feeding of the five thousand echoes 2 Kings 4:42-44

    Strong allusion or echoMedium confidence

    Elisha fed a hundred men with twenty barley loaves and had some left over; John's account of five barley loaves feeding five thousand with twelve baskets over follows the same shape on a far larger scale.

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    • Manna as the primary background: John's own discourse turns to the manna, not to Elisha, so the Elisha echo is a reader's observation rather than John's stated point.

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