Did Jesus Feed the Multitudes Twice?

The Feeding of the 5,000 people
The Feeding of the 5,000 is also known as the "miracle of the five loaves and two fish"; the Gospel of John reports that Jesus used five loaves and two fish supplied by a boy to feed a multitude.

How many times did Jesus feed a multitude in the Bible?

There are some numerical clues in the text which also point to this distinction (numbers in the Bible are rarely accidental). In this miracle, Jesus takes five loves and feeds five thousand, which is reminiscent of the five books of the Jewish Law (Genesis, Exodus, and so on …).

When did Jesus feed the multitudes?

The earliest evidence of Christian worship in Tabgha dates to the mid-fourth century but the mosaics that refer to the feeding of the five thousand come from around 480 A.D.

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