Written on a 4x6 note card by Stan Julin.
February 16, 2007
John 6 beginning: I like the story of the feeding of the five thousand. There are some blanks to fill in as to nonessential details, which are not given – questions, that is, to imagine. I have heard that the Greek παιδάριον means, not just a boy, but a little boy. That can be verified but helps only for imagination. [Blog author’s note: This was verified, Strong’s #G3808]
I can picture the innocent boy standing by with his lunch, unaware that Andrew had his eye on that lunch – or aware. His mother had had the foresight to make up a lunch for her little boy. …It was not his fault that thousands of people had not prepared themselves anything to eat.