The Bible In Paintings: ✝️ JESUS FEEDS 5,000 FAMISHED PEOPLE WITH 5 LOAVES AND 2 FISH ✝️

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings
~ Encouragement for Appreciating and Applying God's Word ~

JESUS FEEDS
THE 5,000

֎ Featuring 40 Paintings, 2 Mosaics,
1 Relief and 8 Windows ֎

J O H N
CHAPTER 6*

Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Feast was near.

When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

Philip answered him, “Eight months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

1
WAYNE PASCALL
"The Master's Hands"

2
HAROLD COPPING
"The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes"

3
BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO
"The Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes"

4
JUAN DE ESPINAL
"Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes"

5
KIPPAX WILLIAMS
"One Lad Five Loaves Two Fish"

6
MELANIE PALMER
"The Loaves and Fishes"

7
BERNARDO STROZZI
"Feeding the Multitudes"

8
TINTORETTO
"The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes"

9
PEDRO ORRENTE
"Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes"

10
Source

11
Source

12
HENDRIK DE CLERCK
"Feeding of the Five Thousand"

13
Source

14
MARTEN VAN VALCKENBORCH
"Feeding the Five Thousand"

15
Source

16
JACOPO DEL SELLAIO
Source

17
AMBROSIUS FRANCKEN I
"Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish"

18
AMBROSIUS FRANCKEN
"The Feeding of the 5,000"

19
LUCAS CRANACH the Elder
"The Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Fish"

20
"The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes"

21
"The Miracle of Bread and Fish"

Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them. Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.

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Source

23
GRAHAM BRADDOCK
"Loaves and Fishes"

24
CHELLE FAZAL
"Loaves and Fishes"

25
NANCY TAYLOR
"Miracle"

26
JANICE COOK
"The Loaves and Fish"

27
TRISTER HOSANG
"The Provider"

28
JAMES TISSOT
"The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes"

29
SIEGFRIED DETLER BENDIXEN
"Christ Feedeth the Multitude"

30
"The Feeding of the 5000"

31
ELIZABETH WANG
"Jesus Christ Performs
the Miracle of the Loaves and the Fish"

32
DANIEL BONNELL
"The Feeding of the 5000"

33
PATRICK J MURPHY
"Five Loaves and Two Fish"

34
TINTORETTO
"The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes"

35
OLIVER McPARLAND
"Christ Feeds the Five Thousand"

36
Source

37
LAMBERT LOMBARD
"The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes"

38
"The Feeding of the Multitude"

39
GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Christ Feeding the Multitude"

40
WILLIAM BRASSEY HOLE
"Feeding the Multitude"

41
Source

42
Source

43
GIOVANNI LANFRANCO
"Miracle of the Bread and Fish"

44
JOHANNES JACOB HARTMANN
"The Feeding of the Five Thousand"

45
JOACHIM PATINIR
"The Feeding of the Five Thousand"

46
Source

47
Source

48
GEORGES
"The Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Fishes"

49
Source

50
COENRAED VAN NORENBERCH
Source

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51
HOWARD DAVID JOHNSON
"Christ Feeding the Multitude"

New International Version ©1984
*For parallel accounts, see MATTHEW 14, MARK 6 and LUKE 9

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THE 5,000

[etabeta]

A beautiful lesson of the Providence of God through Christ.

A nice and endearing #1 by the Christian artist Pascal.
Copping, #2; Tissot, #28; Hole, #40 and Johnson, #51, artists who never disappoint.
#12 by the Flemish artist de Clerck - his style similar to that of another Flemish painter, Marten de Vos.
#14 Valckenborch; #17 and #18 by the two Francken.
So many others to appreciate but I’ll stop with the magnificent stained glass windows.

[Hebrews 11:6]

lesson of the Providence of God through Christ

Well said, Alba!

[GaltAdonis]

Supposedly the species of fish used by Jesus was tilapia.
(But this tilapia idea could just be an apocryphal legend / myth.)

But tilapia DO live in that area - and like the warm weather/water.
In fact, if memory serves, they will only breed if the water temp
is 100-something degrees plus.

[GaltAdonis]

"... if the water temp is 100-something degrees plus..."

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113 degrees fahrenheit for Blue Tilapia - the most cold tolerant variety.
(I just looked it up out of curiosity...)

[Hebrews 11:6]

Hadn’t heard of the tilapia speculation. Of course, the salient point for the story is not the species but the number of the fish.

[GaltAdonis]

"...not the species but the number of the fish..."

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Tilapia are a rapidly reproducing species.
I guess the Lord didn't want to work too hard, ya know? (LOL)

Of course this tilapia 'myth' could have been started and spread by an
outfit called: 'St. John's Fish Farm' several decades ago to boost sales.

Who knows?

[Hebrews 11:6]

They wouldn’t be the first company trying to cash in on the Gospel, nor the last. (You’re not one of their reps?)

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan; Thank You for ‘The Best Gathering / Encouraging Place on Free Republic’

And good morning to all, as we ponder 2023 with optimism. How should we serve the Lord this year? New pathways not yet taken, of which the Holy Spirit keeps bringing to our attention...

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of which the Holy Spirit keeps bringing to our attention...

My first pastor was fond of saying, "To discover the Holy Spirit's will, go back and actually do the last thing He told you to do."

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

Hello again, Mary-Lou! It’s well that you’re not superstitious, or this inauspicious beginning to the year could be troubling.

[left that other site]

Not Superstition. Super Stupid Cable Company.

[nicollo]

Very nice collection!

Interestingly, only a couple (including no. 17 and Tissot’s 24) distinctly show the separation of the crowd, which was an essential element to Jesus’ miracle, revelation, and instructions to the Apostles.

Anyway, any thoughts on why many Medieval/Renaissance paintings depict the Apostles as old/older men?

[ConorMacNessa]

Good afternoon, Dan. Thanks very much for the bountiful exemplars of Biblical Art.

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

"God save all here!"

[Hebrews 11:6]

Beyond artists presenting the truism that generally it takes years to acquire the authority they attained, no.

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Always happy to oblige, Tom.

[GaltAdonis]

"(You’re not one of their reps?)"

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LOL!

Over thirty years ago I had never heard of tilapia fish.
One Friday I was on the phone with a lady friend, making plans
for a barbeque dinner that evening.

She wanted me to stop at the grocery store and pick up some
things on my way home from work. One of those things for
me to get was fish for us to grill.

The small IGA grocery grocery store had a small display on
the fish counter from that Saint John's fish farm.

I read it - and said: 'What the heck!' - and I bought some.
Red Tilapia was the variety - the variety in post #5 above.

What I have since learned -
You need to marinate the fillets (both sides, flip them over once)
briefly in a mixture of melted butter, a little lemon juice
and fresh crushed garlic.

Put them on a hot charcoal grill, sprinkle with paprika,
and cook for only a few minutes, then flip (only once)
and cook for a few minutes more.

The paprika can be swapped out for Paul Prudhomme's Blackened Redfish Magic
seasoning if you have it (it's good stuff and I recommend it).

Serve with a green salad, corn of the cob and baked macaroni & cheese
outdoors on the picnic table under the big oak tree on a warm June evening.

It's all yummy!
(You can thank me later.)

:-)

And NO, I'm not a rep for Chef Paul Prudhomme either.
He passed away at age 75 on October 8, 2015 in New Orleans, LA.

RIP Chef Paul!

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Guessing that grills and condiments were in short supply that day.