And having commanded the multitudes to recline upon the grass, and having taken the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he did bless, and having broken, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes,Matthew 14:19 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleAnd took the five loaves, etc. - This was the act of the father of a family among the Jews - his business it was to take the bread into his hands, and render thanks to God, before any of the family was permitted to taste of it.
Looking up to heaven - To teach us to acknowledge God as the Supreme Good, and fountain of all excellence.
He blessed - The word God should, I think, be rather inserted here than the word them, because it does not appear that it was the loaves which Christ blessed, but that God who had provided them; and this indeed was the Jewish custom, not to bless the food, but the God who gave it.
However, there are others who believe the loaves are meant, and that he blessed them in order to multiply them. The Jewish form of blessing, or what we term grace, before and after meat, was as follows: -
Before Meat
ברוך אתה אלהינו מלך העולם המוצא לחם מן הארץ
Baruc attah Elohinoo melec haolam hamotse lechem min haarets
Blessed art thou, our God, King of the universe, who bringest bread out of the earth!
After Meat
ברוך אלהינו מלך העולם בורא פרי הגפן
Barnuc Elohinoo melec haolam bore peri hagephen
Blessed art thou, our God, King of the universe, the Creator of the fruit of the vine!
And brake - We read often in the Scriptures of breaking bread, never of cutting it: because the Jews made their bread broad and thin like cakes, and to divide such, being very brittle, there was no need of a knife.
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he commanded.
Matthew 15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
Mark 6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies on the green grass.
Mark 8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke...
Luke 9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
John 6:10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
looking.
Mark 6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves...
Mark 7:34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
Luke 9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke...
John 11:41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father...
he blessed.
Matthew 15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples...
Matthew 26:26,27 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take...
1 Samuel 9:13 As soon as you be come into the city, you shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat...
Mark 8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke...
Mark 14:22,23 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body...
Luke 22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you...
Luke 24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and broke, and gave to them.
John 6:11,23 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down...
Acts 27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
Romans 14:6 He that regards the day, regards it to the Lord; and he that regards not the day, to the Lord he does not regard it. He that eats...
1 Corinthians 10:16,31 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break...
1 Corinthians 11:24 And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
1 Timothy 4:4,5 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving...
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