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"At Gilgal, also, while the dearth was still in the land, Elisha fed one hundred men with the present brought to him by “a man from Baalshalisha,” “bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof.” There were those with him who were sorely in need of food. When the offering came, he said to his servant, “Give unto the people, that they may eat. 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. So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.” PK 241.1"
Direct citation 99% 2 Kings 4:43
"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."
EGW directly quotes 2 Kings 4:43, making this a clear and explicit allusion.
"What condescension it was on the part of Christ, through His messenger, to work this miracle to satisfy hunger! Again and again since that time, though not always in so marked and perceptible a manner, has the Lord Jesus worked to supply human need. If we had clearer spiritual discernment we would recognize more readily than we do God's compassionate dealing with the children of men. PK 241.2"
Related principle 90% Matthew 14:19
"And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude."
Both passages discuss miracles of feeding people, with EGW drawing a parallel between Elisha's miracle and Christ's. The connection is thematic, focusing on God's provision.
"It is the grace of God on the small portion that makes it all-sufficient. God's hand can multiply it a hundredfold. From His resources He can spread a table in the wilderness. By the touch of His hand He can increase the scanty provision and make it sufficient for all. It was His power that increased the loaves and corn in the hands of the sons of the prophets. PK 241.3"
Related principle 90% Matthew 14:20
"And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full."
Both passages refer to the multiplication of food. EGW explicitly mentions the loaves and corn, connecting it to God's power to provide abundantly. This is a thematic parallel.

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