Discovery BoxLuke 9:13 
Context9:13 But he said to them, “You 1 give them something to eat.” They 2 replied, 3 “We have no more than five loaves and two fish – unless 4 we go 5 and buy food 6 for all these people.”
Luke 9:16
Context9:16 Then 7 he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks 8 and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
1 tn Here the pronoun ὑμεῖς (Jumeis) is used, making “you” in the translation emphatic.
2 tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.
3 tn Grk “said.”
4 tn This possibility is introduced through a conditional clause, but it is expressed with some skepticism (BDF §376).
5 tn The participle πορευθέντες (poreuqente") has been taken as indicating attendant circumstance.
6 sn Not only would going and buying food have been expensive and awkward at this late time of day, it would have taken quite a logistical effort to get the food back out to this isolated location.
7 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.
8 sn Gave thanks adds a note of gratitude to the setting. The scene is like two other later meals: Luke 22:19 and 24:30. Jesus gives thanks to God “with respect to” the provision of food. The disciples learn how Jesus is the mediator of blessing. John 6 speaks of him in this scene as picturing the “Bread of Life.”
