And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
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; and thus it differed widely from those of Christ (Matthew 15:37; Mark 8:8; Luke 9:17; John 6:12).