SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:37
Respondiendo l, les dijo: Dadles de comer vosotros. Y le dijeron: ¿Qu vayamos y compremos pan por doscientos denarios, y les demos de comer?
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 37. He answered and said unto them, give ye them to eat , etc..] This he said to try their faith, and make way for the following miracle: and they say unto him, shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat ? This might be just the sum of money they now had in the bag, as Grotius, and others conjecture; and the sense be, shall we lay out the two hundred pence, which is all we have in hand, to buy bread for this multitude? is it proper we should? is it thy will that so it should be? and if we should do so, as Philip suggests, ( John 6:7), it would not be enough to give every one a little: wherefore they say this, as amazed that he should propose such a thing unto them: or the reason of mentioning such a sum, as Dr. Lightfoot observes, might be, because that this was a noted and celebrated sum among the Jews, and frequently mentioned by them. A virgin's dowry, upon marriage, was two hundred pence f123 ; and so was a widow's; and one that was divorced f124 , if she insisted on it, and could make good her claim: this was the fine of an adult man, that lay with one under age; and of a male under age, that lay with a female adult f125 ; and of one man that gave another a slap of the face f126 . This sum answered to six pounds and five shillings of our money.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 30-44 - Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they ar willing should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils of others of his disciples, and provides rest for those that are tired, and refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of Christ's word, and then he too care that they should not want bodily food. If Christ and his disciple put up with mean things, surely we may. And this miracle shows tha Christ came into the world, not only to restore, but to preserve an nourish spiritual life; in him there is enough for all that come. Non are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves. Though Christ had bread enough at command, he teaches u not to waste any of God's bounties, remembering how many are in want We may, some time, need the fragments that we now throw away.
Greek Textus Receptus
ο 3588 T-NSM δε 1161 CONJ αποκριθεις 611 5679 V-AOP-NSM ειπεν 2036 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτοις 846 P-DPM δοτε 1325 5628 V-2AAM-2P αυτοις 846 P-DPM υμεις 5210 P-2NP φαγειν 5315 5629 V-2AAN και 2532 CONJ λεγουσιν 3004 5719 V-PAI-3P αυτω 846 P-DSM απελθοντες 565 5631 V-2AAP-NPM αγορασωμεν 59 5661 V-AAS-1P διακοσιων 1250 A-GPN δηναριων 1220 N-GPN αρτους 740 N-APM και 2532 CONJ δωμεν 1325 5632 V-2AAS-1P αυτοις 846 P-DPM φαγειν 5315 5629 V-2AAN
Vincent's NT Word Studies
37. Shall we go and buy, etc. This question and Christ's answer are peculiar to Mark.
