Mark 6:42

6:42-44 This miracle makes Elisha’s great miracle of feeding 100 people with twenty loaves (2 Kgs 4:42-44) seem trivial by comparison. Readers of the Gospel must ask themselves, “Who is this man who does such things?” (Mark 4:41). He is the Messiah, the Son of God (1:1).

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And they did all eat, and were filled. See Gill on Mat 14:20.

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Mark 6:43

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mar 6:43

mar 6:43And 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.

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42 And they did all eat, and were filled.

Ver. 42. {See Trapp on "Mat 14:20"} {See Trapp on "Joh 6:12"} {See Trapp on "Joh 6:13"} {See Trapp on "Joh 6:14"}

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Vers. 42, 43. They did all eat, and were filled (ecortasyhsan). It might be rendered, were fulfilled, according to the old meaning of "fulfill." It is probable that the women and children were a considerable number; for they would be, if possible, even more eager then the men to see the great Prophet. When all had eaten and were satisfied, they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes. St. John tells us that this was done by the express command of Christ; (Joh_6:12) and the existence of these fragments, far more in quantity than the original supply, was a striking testimony to the reality of the miracle, and that there was enough and more than enough for all. It does not become us to pry too curiously into the method of our Lord"s working; but the number of these baskets (kofinouv), namely, twelve, seems to suggest that he first broke the loaves, and in breaking multiplied them, and distributed them into these baskets, one for each apostle, and that the food, as it was distributed by the disciples, was more and more multiplied, as needed, so that at length they brought back to Christ as many basketfuls of fragments as they had first received from him, and much more than the original supply. It is obvious here to remark that by this stupendous miracle our Lord showed himself to be the true Bread of life, by which the spiritual wants of all hungering souls may be supplied. "For," says St. Augustine," he was the Word of God, and all the acts of the Word are themselves words for us. They are not as pictures, merely, to look at and admire; but as letters which we must seek to read and understand."

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They took up

Possible meaning are 1) "The disciples took up" or 2) "The people took up."

broken pieces of bread, twelve baskets full

"twelve baskets full of broken pieces of bread"

twelve baskets

"12 baskets" (See: Numbers)

five thousand men

"5,000 men" (See: Numbers)

There were five thousand men who ate the loaves

The number of women and children was not counted. If it would not be understood that women and children were present, it can be made explicit. AT: "And there were five thousand men who ate the loaves. They did not even count the women and children" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)

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42. ἐχορτάσθησαν. In all three; Jn has ἐνεπλήσθησαν. Originally used of supplying animals with fodder (χόρτος), χορτάζω implied brutish feeding when used of men (Plato Rep. ix. p. 586). In N.T. it is nowhere used of cattle (of birds, Rev 19:21), and has no degrading meaning when used of men (Mar 7:27, Mar 8:4; Mar 8:8; etc.). In LXX. χορτάζω and πίμπλημι translate the same Hebrew word, even in the same verse (Psa 107:9).

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42. ἐχορτάσθησαν—they were filled, or satisfied.2 κλάσματα (-των) δώδεκα κοφίνων πληρώματα—fragments (or of fragments), fillings of twelve baskets. κλάσματα is put in an emphatic position, drawing attention to the quantity of fragments even. It is noticeable that κόφινοι is used in all four accounts of this miracle, while in both accounts of the feeding of the four thousand, σπυρίδες is used. There does not seem to be much difference, if any, between the kind of basket, and the identity of language in the Gospels in each account is the more remarkable.

κλάσματα, instead of κλασμάτων, Treg. marg. WH. RV. BL Δ. κλασμάτων א 13, 69, 124, 209, 346. κοφίνων, instead of κοφίνους, Tisch. Treg. marg. WH. RV. א B 1, 13, 69, 124, 209, 346. πληρώματα, instead of πλήρεις, Tisch. Treg. WH. RV. א BL Δ 1, 13, 69, 124, 209, 346.

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