{Give ye them to eat} (dote autois h(966d)eis phagein). The
emphasis is on h(966d)eis in contrast (note position) with their
"send away" (apoluson). It is the urgent aorist of instant
action (dote). It was an astounding command. The disciples were
to learn that "no situation appears to Him desperate, no crisis
unmanageable" (Bruce).