Mark 6:35-37

Mark 6:35-37. See on Matthew 14:15-16, and especially John 6:5-7. From the latter account we learn that our Lord put a question to Philip, who had probably been the spokesman, to try him, and that he answered in language more generally stated here.

Two hundred pennyworth. This sum is mentioned mainly because it was an estimate of how much it would cost to give to each one a little (John 6:7). Some have supposed that this was the amount of money they had in their common treasury, but it seems rather to be mentioned as a sum beyond their ability to pay. It was = $ 30, or £ 6, 5, a large amount of money then, since a denarius, or ‘penny,' was the hire of a day's labor.