faithWednesday, August 12
But What Are They
Scripture
"Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?"
— John 6:9
What it means
Barley was the cheap grain, what poorer families ate. The loaves were small and flat, closer to rolls than to anything you would slice. Andrew mentions it and adds straight away that it is nothing against a crowd that size. Jesus does not comment on how little it is. He tells everyone to sit down, and gives thanks for it before anything has multiplied.