Even among those who are aware of these things, most have never stopped to wonder why. We Christians seldom seem to ask “why” questions in the study of the gospels. So long as we read gospel accounts assuming that they are describing literal events that actually happened, then “why” questions, which seek a different level of meaning, will not be encouraged. It is also worth mentioning that, attached to these feeding of the multitude stories in every gospel, there is an account of Jesus walking on the water. Never in any of the gospels are these stories separated from each other.
