King James Bible
"Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little."
Philip responds to Jesus' earlier question about feeding the multitude. This sets up Philip as the practical disciple who immediately calculates the logistics rather than considering divine possibilities. A denarius (pennyworth) was a day's wage for a laborer, making this roughly 8 months' salary—a substantial sum that still falls short. Philip's calculation emphasizes the impossibility of the situation from a human perspective. Even with significant resources, Philip concludes each person would receive only a morsel. This highlights the vast crowd size and sets the stage for Jesus' miracle to demonstrate divine abundance versus human scarcity.