Feeding of the Five Thousand
gospel · 29 · Bethsaida
Five loaves and two fish for five thousand men besides women and children, and twelve baskets of broken pieces left over. It is the only miracle recorded in all four gospels, and the earliest Christian art on the catacomb walls draws the loaves and fish more often than the cross.
In Christianity, feeding the multitude consists of two separate miracles of Jesus, reported in the Gospels, in which Jesus used modest resources to feed thousands of followers who had gathered to see him heal the sick.
Twelve baskets of fragments — the sign all four gospels keep.
People
- Andrew the Apostle participant
- Jesus participant
- John the Apostle participant
- Philip the Apostle participant
- Saint Peter participant
Glosses
- Loaves and fish before the cross The feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle all four gospels carry. It is also the scene the earliest Christian art draws most: loaves and a fish appear on the catacomb walls generations before the cross does…
- The fish, and the acrostic inside it Greek for fish is ΙΧΘΥΣ, and read downward the five letters spell Ἰησοῦς Χριστός Θεοῦ Υἱός Σωτήρ — Jesus Christ, Son of God, Saviour. The earliest datable witnesses to the fish as a Christian sign all fall around…