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2 Kings 4:42-44

Elisha Feeds a Hundred

July 25, 2027

Elisha Multiplies the Bread, Jacopo Tintoretto
Elisha Multiplies the Bread, Jacopo Tintoretto, 1577–1578Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice
From Tintoretto's cycle in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, painted over twenty-three years and still on its walls.They shall eat and have some left: the reading is the smaller feeding that the gospel ones are written against.Jacopo TintorettoA Venetian who worked at enormous speed and scale, and who reportedly wrote on his studio wall that he wanted Titian's colour and Michelangelo's drawing.Scuola Grande di San Rocco, VeniceA Venetian confraternity house hung throughout with Tintoretto's cycle, painted over twenty-three years and still in place.Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice
Roman Lectionary
GospelJohn 6:1-15Jn 6:1-15
Second ReadingEph. 4:1-6Eph 4:1-6
First Reading2 Kings 4:42-442 Kgs 4:42-44
Responsorial PsalmPs. 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 (cf. 16)Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 (cf. 16)

Overview & Insights

"They shall eat and have some left." (2 Kings 4:43)

A man brings Elisha twenty barley loaves, and at the LORD's word Elisha feeds a hundred people with food left over. The story prefigures the Gospel feeding miracle.

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Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 4:42-44Commentary on 2 Kgs 4:42-44 Working Preacher

Luther Seminary exegesis of Elisha's multiplied loaves and the word of the Lord fulfilled.

2 Kings 4: Elisha Feeds a Hundred2 Kgs 4: Elisha Feeds a Hundred Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the chapter.

2 Kings 4 Commentary2 Kgs 4 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of quotations, word studies, and cross references worked verse by verse.

2 Kings 4:42 Commentaries2 Kgs 4:42 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries on Elisha feeding the hundred in one place.

Barnes' Notes on 2 Kings 4Barnes' Notes on 2 Kgs 4 StudyLight

Albert Barnes' notes on the whole chapter of 2 Kings 4.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B): Readings Agape Bible Study

A Catholic reading study that links Elisha's loaves to the day's Gospel feeding.

Background & Word Study

2 Kings 4 in Hebrew2 Kgs 4 in Hebrew Sefaria

The Hebrew text with English alongside and classical Jewish commentaries.

2 Kings 4:42 Hebrew Interlinear2 Kgs 4:42 Hebrew Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew word by word with parsing and Strong's numbers for the feeding miracle.

The Church Fathers

Catena on 2 Kings 4Catena on 2 Kgs 4 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Elisha feeding the hundred.

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