JOHN 6:8-13 NKJV

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”

Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted. So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

JOHN 6:8-13 NKJV

John 6:8, 9 Barley loaves were an inexpensive food of the common people and the poor.

John 6:10 men … about five thousand: Women and children were not included in this number (Matt. 14:21). The crowd possibly exceeded ten thousand. They sat in groups of fifty and one hundred (Mark 6:40) and thus were easy to count.

John 6:11 The miraculous multiplication of the food demonstrated Jesus’ deity, because only God can create. This is the only miracle of Jesus that is recounted in all four Gospels.

John 6:12, 13 There were twelve baskets (Mark 6:43) of leftovers, perhaps one for each disciple. The surplus emphasizes the sufficiency of the food created by Christ.