Matthew 15:33
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
ὄχλος
a crowd
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ὄχλος
A crowd, a multitude, a mob. He saw a great crowd and had compassion on them because they were like sheep without a shepherd. His response to crowds was always compassion.
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τοσοῦτος
so great?
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τοσοῦτος
apparently from G3588 (ὁ) and G3739 (ὅς)) and G3778 (οὗτος) (including its variations); so vast as this, i.e. such (in quantity, amount, number of space)
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λέγω
say
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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πόθεν
From where
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πόθεν
from which (as interrogative) or what (as relative) place, state, source or cause
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χορτάζω
to satisfy
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χορτάζω
to fodder, i.e. (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance)
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ἐρημία
a secluded place
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ἐρημία
solitude (concretely)
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