Miraculous Witness to Israel
The feeding of 5,000 men was a spectacular witness to Israel, yet most Jews continued to reject Jesus as Israel’s Messiah - Mark 6:31-56 . The feeding of the five thousand is the only miracle story recorded in all four gospel accounts, which demonstrates its importance to the early church. In John’s gospel, it occurred near the Passover season. In Luke , only the twelve disciples participated in the distribution of bread and fish. Mark places the story after the account of the execution of John the Baptist.
