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Mark 6:43
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They picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish.
And they tooke vp twelue baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.
and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces of bread, and of the fish.
The followers filled twelve baskets with the leftover pieces of bread and fish.
And the disciples picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces [of the loaves], and of the fish.
and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.
and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish.
and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
Jesus' disciples picked up twelve large baskets of leftover bread and fish.
and they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces and fish.
And they took up of fragments the fillings of twelve hand-baskets, and of the fishes.
And they tooke vp twelue baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
And they took up the fragments of bread, twelve full baskets, and also of the fish.
Then the disciples took up twelve baskets full of what was left of the bread and the fish.
And they picked up the broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and of the fish.
And they took up twelve hand baskets full of fragments, also from the fish.
And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes.
And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken bits and of the fishes.
They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.
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And they took up the broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and from the fishes.
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.
And they toke vp twelue baskets full, of the fragmentes, & of the fisshes.
And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes.
They took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and also of the fish.
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes.
And they carried away broken portions enough to fill twelve baskets, besides pieces of the fish.
And thei token the relifs of brokun metis, twelue cofyns ful, and of the fischis.
And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fish.
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full.
And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish.
and afterward, the disciples picked up twelve baskets of leftover bread and fish.
After that the followers picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish.
and they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.
And they took up broken pieces, twelve baskets, full measure, and from the fishes.
And they took up the leavings, twelve full baskets of fragments, and of the fishes.
And they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish.
And they toke vp twelve baskettesfull of the gobbettes and of ye fysshes.
and they took up of broken pieces twelve hand-baskets full, and of the fishes,
And they toke vp twolue baskettes full of ye broken peces and of the fisshes.
though the fragments of bread they took up, with what remain'd of the fishes, amounted to twelve baskets full;
There was even some for leftovers the next day.
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Mark 8:19, Mark 8:20
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 4:43 - They shall eat
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments,.... Of the broken pieces of bread, after all had eaten, and were satisfied:
and of the fishes; what remained of them:, for though there was but one loaf for a thousand persons and more, and two small fishes to be divided among five thousand and more: yet, through the wonderful power of Christ increasing both, as they were distributing and eating, there was enough of both for them all, and such a quantity of each left as filled twelve baskets.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See this narrative explained in the notes at Matthew 14:13-21.
Mark 6:32
By ship - By a boat or a small vessel.
Privately - Without making their plan known. They intended to go privately. It appears, however, that their intention became known, and multitudes followed them.
Mark 6:33
Afoot thither - On foot to the place where they saw them going.
Out of all cities - All cities or large towns in the neighborhood.
Mark 6:34
Much people ...as sheep ... - They had no one to teach them and guide them. The priests and scribes were proud and corrupt; they despised the common people and neglected them.
Mark 6:35
The time is far passed - The day is almost gone. It is drawing near night.
Mark 6:37
Two hundred pennyworth of bread - About twenty-eight dollars, or 6 British pounds. See the notes at Matthew 14:16. As the disciples had a common purse in which they carried their little property, consisting of the donations of their friends and money to be given to the poor (compare John 12:6; Matthew 26:8-9; Luke 8:3), it is not improbable that they had at this time about this sum in their possession. Philip - for it was he who asked the question John 6:7 - asked, with a mixture of wonder and agitation, whether they should take all their little property and spend it on a single meal? And even if we should, said he, it would not be sufficient to satisfy such a multitude. It was implied in this that, in his view, they could not provide for them if they wished to, and that it would be better to send them away than to attempt it.
Mark 6:40
In ranks - Literally, in the form of square beds in a garden. By regularly formed companies.
By hundreds and by fifties - Some companies had a hundred in them, and some groupings had fifty in them. We do not need to suppose that these were “exactly” formed or arranged, but that this was approximately the number. The expression indicates a “multitude.” There were so many that they sat down, by “hundreds” and by “fifties,” in separate companies, upon the green grass.
Mark 6:43
twelve baskets - Baskets belonging to the disciples, in which they carried their provisions, or, perhaps, belonging to some of the multitude.
Fragments - Broken pieces of the bread that remained.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 43. Twelve baskets — These were either the baskets used by the disciples, see Matthew 14:20, or baskets belonging to some of the multitude, who might have brought some with them to carry provisions, or other things necessary for the sick, whom they brought to Christ to be healed.
