The words Jesus would have spoken were, “Blessed art thou, Yahweh our God, King of the world, who causes to come forth bread from the earth.” (Edersheim) The hunger of the whole crowd was satisfied; this was not a token meal.

Visualize the scene: all 15,000 – 20,000 people are seated on the grass with the only ones standing being Jesus and the disciples. The miracle that He does is in plain sight of everyone.