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40 [a]The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.

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  1. 6:40 The people…in rows by hundreds and by fifties: reminiscent of the groupings of Israelites encamped in the desert (Ex 18:21–25) and of the wilderness tradition of the prophets depicting the transformation of the wasteland into pastures where the true shepherd feeds his flock (Ez 34:25–26) and makes his people beneficiaries of messianic grace.

44 Those who ate [of the loaves] were five thousand men.

The Walking on the Water.[a]

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  1. 6:45–52 See note on Mt 14:22–33.