The apostles ​ — most of whom had no doubt shared in distributing food to the crowds whom Jesus had miraculously fed — ​ saw that it was more important for them to focus on spiritual feeding.
Apostlid — kellest enamik kahtlemata osales toidu jagamises rahvahulkadele, keda Jeesus ime läbi toitis — mõistsid, et neil on palju tähtsam keskenduda vaimse toidu andmisele.