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Verses 37-44 pose the riddle. An accurate word for word translation from The Greek-English interlinear New Testament, available off the shelf from most large bookstores, reveals key information and phrasing that is lost in most English translations.

6:37	The (Jesus) but answered, he-said to-them, ... "Give to-them yourselves (something) to-eat!"
	And they-say to-him, ...
	"Having-departed may-we-buy for-denarii two-hundred loaves, ..."
	and give-it to-them to-eat?
6:38	The (Jesus) but says to-them, ... "How-many loaves do-you-have? ... Underlead, Look!"
	And having-known they-say, ... "Five, and two fish."
6:39	And he-ordered them to-recline-up, everyone (in) symposiums, symposiums upon the green grass.
6:40	And they-fell-up, onion-beds onion-beds, down-by hundreds and down-by fifties.
6:41	And having-taken the five loaves and the two fish, ...
	having-looked-up to heaven he-blessed them.
	And he-broke-down the loaves.
	And he-was-giving to-the disciples of-him, ...
	so-that they-might-set-before them.
	And he divided the two fish to-all.
6:42	And everyone ate, ...
	and they-were-stuffed-full.
6:43	And they-picked-up fragments, ...
	twelve baskets full, ...
	and from the fish.
6:44	And the-ones having-eaten the loaves were five-thousand men.

The poetic alliteration in verses 39-40 and the most literal translation of what the Greek words in verse 43-44 actually say provide the key clues that enable an enlightened reader to solve this magnificent Christian Sacred Geometry word problem.

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