Like the people who witnessed the event it tells us that Jesus "is truly the prophet who comes into the world".

As we saw yesterday, the things Jesus did testified to his authenticity. If he can perform such miracles as feeding 5 thousand people with 5 loaves of bread then certainly we should listen to what he has to say.

This miracle shows us the faith that Jesus has in the Father. At no point did he worry about the great number of people and the small amount of food. He simply gave thanks to God and distributed the food and it was more than enough.

There is some importance to the number of loaves, the number of people and the number of baskets left over but I don't know what that is. Does anybody know?