Adar 19 – There is a lad who has five barley loaves and two small fish…

March 18, 2025

12 – Adar, Andrew, Jesus, John, Passover (Pesach), Philip, Sea of Galilee, Sea of Tiberias, Simon, Simon Peter

Yeshua – Jesus

Adar 19, 5785; from sunset March 18, 2025, to sunset March 19, 2025

(The nineteenth day of the twelfth month)

“St. Peter’s fish,” from Ein-Gev, Israel. Photo credit: Today in the Bible

This is the name “Yeshua” (יֵשׁוּעַ – Jesus) as seen on the James Ossuary. Yeshua comes from the verb “yasha” meaning “to save or deliver.” Yeshua means “Salvation.”

In what was probably the year before His crucifixion, we find Jesus near the Sea of Galilee with a great multitude of followers. It was shortly before the Passover, and they had come to see His signs and miracles. There is no exact date given for this event, only that the Passover was near. We’ve chosen today at random to commemorate the event.

After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. Then a great multitude followed Him, because they saw His signs which He performed on those who were diseased. And Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. Then Jesus lifted up His eyes, and seeing a great multitude coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread, that these may eat?” But this He said to test him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

Philip answered Him, “Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may have a little.”

One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him, “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among so many?”

Then Jesus said, “Make the people sit down.” Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.

So when they were filled, He said to His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is lost.” Therefore they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten.

Then those men, when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Therefore, when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king, He departed again to the mountain by Himself alone. – John 6:1-15 (NKJ)

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