Books of the Hebrew bible?

[sophie1]

I was reading a commentary on John 6 and a footnote said that the 5 loaves and 2 fishes could be seen allegorically as representing the 5 books of the Torah along with Psalms and Prophets and that the boy who brought them represented the Jewish people. In this allegory, Jesus is seen to magnify and fulfill the Jews’ relationship with God. It’s a very interesting interpretation, so I just wanted to check whether it fits. Any ideas?

 

[NotWorthy]

I was studying this chapter just yesterday.

Here’s what AgapeBibleStudy.Com says about it.

That there were 5 loaves may indicate 5 as the number of grace and that there were 2 fish may indicate division between those who will believe and those who will not come to belief even with this sign. Two is the number of division in the Old Covenant and the number of Christ in His humanity and divinity as the Son of God in the New Covenant. Together the number of loaves and fish yield the number 7, which is the number which symbolizes fullness and spiritual perfection. It may also be important that a fish was a sign of the Church in the Old Covenant and will become the sign of the Church in the New Covenant. Here we have the Old, which will become the nucleus of the New Covenant in Christ: the two transformed into one covenant—one Church in Christ.

I seem to have heard the reasoning that you just gave before.

 

[thistle]

I was reading a commentary on John 6 and a footnote said that the 5 loaves and 2 fishes could be seen allegorically as representing the 5 books of the Torah along with Psalms and Prophets and that the boy who brought them represented the Jewish people. In this allegory, Jesus is seen to magnify and fulfill the Jews’ relationship with God. It’s a very interesting interpretation, so I just wanted to check whether it fits. Any ideas?

How about Matt 15:34-36? Here it is 7 loaves plus a few small fish.