Whence Shall We Buy Bread?

'After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberius.
And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
And the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.
Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that everyone may take a little.'

John Ball writes:
There are so many awesome passages in the Bible, but the Gospel according to John, Chapter 6 is, for me, one of the most awesome.  Here Jesus feeds the five thousand, flees those who wish to make him a king, walks on water and discourses upon the bread of life, his sacrifice and those who are chosen for eternal life.
In these introductory verses Jesus goes up on the mountain to speak to the multitude that has followed him. The disciples worry that they cannot provide food for their guests. Jesus teases the disciples, asking Philip where they should get some bread.
Philip looks around him and seeing the great crowd tells Jesus that even a great deal of money would not be enough to buy sufficient bread for everyone to eat a little.
Of course not, we may smile. A world of exchange, a world of deals and each person for themselves can never provide enough. It can only lead to hunger and misery.
Jesus, of course, has the answer, not only to hunger on this Earth, - the miracle of giving.
But, here Jesus is also referring to himself, as the bread of life. Only those who can give selfishly and sacrificially like Jesus himself, can enjoy freedom in Christ and know what it is to be redeemed.