2 Kings 4:43

“And his servitor said, etc.] His servant Gehazi very probably: what, should I set this before one hundred men? for so many, it seems, the sons of the prophets were in this place; and these loaves being very small, no more, it is thought by some, than one man could eat, and the ears of corn but few, the servant suggests they would be nothing comparatively to such a company of men: he said again, give the people, that they may eat; he insisted upon it that his orders should be obeyed: for thus saith the Lord, they shall eat, and shall leave thereof; it was suggested to him by a spirit of prophecy, there would be enough for them, and to spare.”

“SATISFIES A HUNDRED MEN WITH TWENTY LOAVES. (Kg2 4:42-44) They shall eat, and shall leave thereof--This was not a miracle of Elisha, but only a prediction of one by the word of the Lord. Thus it differed widely from those of Christ (Mat 15:37; Mar 8:8; Luk 9:17; Joh 6:12). Next: 2 Kings Chapter 5”

“This miracle was a faint foreshadowing of our Lord’s far more marvelous feeding of thousands with even scantier materials. The resemblance is not only in the broad fact, but in various minute particulars, such as the distribution through the hands of others; the material, bread; the surprised question of the servant; and the evidence of superfluity in the fragments that were left (see the marginal references). As Elijah was a type of the Baptist, so Elisha was in many respects a type of our Blessed Lord. In his peaceful, non-ascetic life, in his mild and gentle character, in his constant circuits, in his many miracles of mercy, in the healing virtue which abode in his bodily frame 2 Kings…”

“his servitor: Kg2 4:12 What: Mat 14:16, Mat 14:17, Mat 15:33, Mat 15:34; Mar 6:37-39, Mar 8:4; Luk 9:13; Joh 6:9 They shall eat: Mat 14:20, Mat 15:37, Mat 16:8-10; Mar 6:42, Mar 6:43, Mar 8:20; Luk 9:17; Joh 6:11-13 Next: 4 Kings (2 Kings) Chapter 5”