Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

 Then Andrew appeared on the scene. He had discovered a lad with five barley loaves and two little fishes. Quite likely the boy had brought them as a picnic lunch. Maybe he was out for the day, and as a boy might, had got attached himself to the crowd. Andrew, as usual, was bringing people to Jesus. 