“Aha! Contradiction!” cried the elated skeptic, hoping for one of those “gotcha”
moments we all enjoy from time to time.
Of course if you’re familiar with either the books of Matthew
or Mark, you’ll recall that they each contain references to both feedings.
Worse (for the critic at least), Mark records a conversation between Jesus and
his disciples that explicitly compares the two events right down to
counting the post-dinner leftovers. Jesus fed huge crowds of hungry men, women and children on at least two occasions. Two careful writers noted it.
