feeding the multitude
Sign in to saveAlso known as feeding of the five thousand, miracle of the loaves and fishes, feeding of the four thousand
miracles attributed to Jesus in the Bible
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Encyclopedic overview
Miracle of the Bread and Fish by Giovanni Lanfranco, 1623 (National Gallery of Ireland).
In Christianity, feeding the multitude comprises 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “feeding the multitude” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.