Mark 6:43

Mar 6:43 . καὶ ἦραν , etc., and they tool up, as fragments ( κλάσματα , [57] [58] ), the fillings ( πληρώματα ) of twelve baskets. καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων , and of the fishes, either over and above what was in the twelve baskets (Fritzsche), or some fragments of the fishes included in them (Meyer).

[57] Codex Vaticanus (sæc. iv.), published in photographic facsimile in 1889 under the care of the Abbate Cozza-Luzi.

[58] Codex Regius--eighth century, represents an ancient text, and is often in agreement with א and B.

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Verse 43. Twelve baskets] These were either the baskets used by the disciples, see Mt 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.

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43. they took up] in obedience to our Lord’s command (Joh_6:12), Who would teach them that wastefulness even of miraculous power was wholly alien to the Divine economy.

baskets] “tuelue coffyns full,” Wyclif. All the Evangelists alike here use cophinoi for the small common wicker-baskets, in which these fragments were collected, at the feeding of the Five Thousand, and the word spurides, or large rope-baskets, when they describe the feeding of the Four Thousand. These wicker baskets were the common possession of the Jews, in which to carry their food in order to avoid pollution with heathens; “Judaeis, quorum cophinus foenumque supellex,” Juv. Sat. III. 14. The same distinction is made by our Lord when He alludes to both miracles (Mar_8:19-20; Mat_16:9-10).

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And they that did eat of the loaves,.... And also of the fishes; for they all ate of both;

were about five thousand men; the word "about", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic and Ethiopic versions, reading five thousand men certain. The Evangelist Matthew adds, "beside children and women", Mat 14:21.

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43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

Ver. 43. {See Trapp on "Mat 14:20"} {See Trapp on "Joh 6:12"} {See Trapp on "Joh 6:13"} {See Trapp on "Joh 6:14"}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Spiritual economy.

From other accounts we learn that this measure was ordered by Christ. The power and the restraint of Christ are about equally demonstrative of his divinity. A strict and immediate economy is demanded in his kingdom. We are to appreciate the grace received; its very fragments are to be precious. The life and work of the Christian have to exhibit a wise and careful stewardship. This direction

I IS A SOLUTION TO ONE OF THE GREATEST DIFFICULTIES IN CONNECTION WITH PRAYER.

1. Answers are apparently withheld because they have already been granted and we do not realize it.

2. Further blessing is denied because that actually received has been wasted or despised.

II DISCOVERS A COMMON SOURCE OF WEAKNESS AND WANT IN SPIRITUAL LIFE.

1. We have not enough because there has been carelessness and waste.

2. We have not enough (or abundance) because we have been selfish. There has been no desire to keep what has been received for others.

III TEACHES US GREAT HUMILITY AND GRATITUDE IN THE USE OF SPIRITUAL SUPPLIES. M.

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Full of the fragments - of the bread.

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43. κλάσματα δ. κοφίνων πληρώματα ([1295][1296][1297]) rather than κλασμάτων δ. κοφίνους πλήρεις ([1298][1299][1300][1301]) from Mt.

[1295] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican Library almost since its foundation by Pope Nicolas V., and one of its greatest treasures. The whole Gospel, ending at Mar 16:8. Photographic facsimile, 1889.

[1296] Codex Regius. 8th cent. An important witness. At Paris. Contains Mar 1:1 to Mar 10:15; Mar 10:30 to Mar 15:1; Mar 15:20 to Mar 16:20, but the shorter ending is inserted between Mar 16:8 and Mar 16:9, showing that the scribe preferred it to the longer one.

[1297] Codex Sangallensis. 9th or 10th cent. Contains the Gospels nearly complete, with an interlinear Latin translation. The text of Mark is specially good, agreeing often with CL. At St Gall.

[1298] Codex Alexandrinus. 5th cent. Brought by Cyril Lucar, Patriarch of Constantinople, from Alexandria, and afterwards presented by him to King Charles I. in 1628. In the British Museum. The whole Gospel. Photographic facsimile, 1879.

[1299] Codex Bezae. 6th cent. Has a Latin translation (d) side by side with the Greek text, and the two do not quite always agree. Presented by Beza to the University Library of Cambridge in 1581. Remarkable for its frequent divergences from other texts. Contains Mark, except Mar 16:15-20, which has been added by a later hand. Photographic facsimile, 1899.

[1300] Codex Oxoniensis. 9th cent. Contains Mark, except Mar 3:35 to Mar 6:20.

[1301] Codex Petropolitanus. 9th cent. Gospels almost complete. Mar 16:18-20 is in a later hand.

43. ἦραν κλάσματα. See crit. note. Jn tells us that it was by the Entertainer’s order that this security against waste was taken; a remarkable order to come from One who had just fed 5000 with the food for five, and an order not likely to be invented by a writer of fiction. The amount saved far exceeded the amount supplied by the lad, but Christ did not allow it to be wasted. And the fragments are of the loaves and fishes; nothing new has been created.

κοφίνων. The word always used of this miracle, σφυρίδες being always used of feeding the 4000. The κόφινος was the wallet in which travelling Jews carried provisions, to avoid eating Gentile food; Judaeis quorum cophinus foenumque supellex (Juv. iii. 14), Cophino foenoque relicto Arcanam Judaea tremens mendicat in aurem (Ib. vi. 542). A σφυρίς would hold a man (Act 9:25). Wiclif has “coffyns” here and Mar 8:19.

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Baskets full [κοφινων πληρωματα] . Lit., fillings of baskets. See on Mt 14:20. Mark alone adds, and of the fishes.

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