“He does this not only once but also a second time, in order that we should know his strength. This strength by which he feeds the multitudes when he wishes and without bread finds its source in his divinity. He does this in order to bring them to believe that he himself is the one who earlier had fed Israel for forty…”
Theodore of Heraclea, 4th c. — FRAGMENT 98
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38And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
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In context
36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
37And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
— Matthew 15:38 —
39And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.