Luke 9:16

Then ¹  he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks ²  and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

Ps 121:1,2; Mt 14:19; Mt 15:36; Mr 7:34; Lu 22:19; Lu 24:30; Joh 6:11,23; Ac 27:35; Ro 14:6; 1Co 10:30; 1Co 11:24; 1Ti 4:4,5

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

² 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.”