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Mat_14:19. Ἐπὶ τ . χόρτ .] upon the grass, Mat_13:2.
Participle following upon participle without conjunctions, and in logical subordination. See Stallbaum, ad Plat. Apol. p. 27 A; Kühner, ad Xen. Mem. i. 1. 18; Dissen, ad Dem. de cor. p. 249.
κλάσας ] The loaves were in the form of cakes, a thumb’s breadth in thickness, and about the size of a plate. Winer, Realwörterbuch, under the word Backen. Robinson, Pal. III. pp. 40, 293.
In saying grace Jesus did what was done by the father of a family. In John it is expressed by εὐχαρισατήσας , because the meaning of the grace was the giving of thanks (comp. notes on Mat_26:26 f.; 1Co_10:16; 1Co_14:16); Luke again says: εὐλόγησεν αὐτούς , where we have the idea of a consecrating prayer, as in the case of the Lord’s supper.