Matthew 14:19
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Fulfilling the mystery of the economy, the Savior looks up to heaven. For though God by nature, he took a slave’s form (Philippians 2:7), and through the disciples’ hands he gives the foods to the crowds (Matthew 14:19), hinting at the holy ones’ nearness to God. That is why those who are not such stand outside him.
Greek
Τὸ τῆς οἰκονομίας μυστήριον πληρῶν ὁ σωτὴρ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀναβλέπει· καὶ γὰρ δούλου μορφὴν ἀνέλαβε θεὸς ὢν κατὰ φύσιν καὶ διὰ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν μαθητῶν δίδωσι τὰς τροφὰς τοῖς ὄχλοις τὴν τῶν ἁγίων αἰνιττόμενος πρὸς θεὸν ἐγγύτητα. διὸ οἱ μὴ τοιοῦτοι ἔξω ἑστήκασιν αὐτοῦ.