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Matthew 15:38

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Matthew 15:38 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
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Matthew 15:38 (World English Bible). Public Domain. Lemma interlinear Bible study tool, https://lemma.gebible.app/v/matthew/15/38.

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Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    But those eating were 4,000 men, besides women and children.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    A total of four thousand men were fed, in addition to women and children.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    A total of four thousand men were fed, besides women and children.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    And they that had eaten, were foure thousand men, beside women, and litle children.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside children and women.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    and those eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and those eating were four thousand men, apart from women and children.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    But those eating were 4,000 men, besides women and children.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    but they that ate were four thousand men, besides women and children.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Four thousand men ate the food, not counting women and children.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    And there were four thousand men who took food, together with women and children.
  • Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
    Besides women and children, there were four thousand men who had eaten.
  • Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
    And yet they that ate were.iiii.M. men besyde wemen and chyldren.

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The rarest word here is τετρακισχίλιοι four thousand G5070 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Greek New Testament.

First appearance in Scripture

This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:

  • τετρακισχίλιοι four thousand G5070

Shared distinctive vocabulary

τετρακισχίλιοι four thousand G5070 occurs in 5 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

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Commentary

Notes on Matthew 15:38 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 38. Four thousand] Let the poor learn from these miracles to trust in God for support. Whatever his ordinary providence denies, his miraculous power will supply.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And he sent away the multitude,.... Dismissing them, either with a prayer for them, or with a suitable word of exhortation, to be thankful for the mercies, both spiritual and temporal, they had received, and behave agreeably in their lives and conversations:

and took ship; being near the sea side, the sea of Galilee,

and came into the coasts of Magdala: not far from Tiberias; for often mention is made of Magdala in the Talmud (s), along with Tiberias, and Chammath, another place in the same neighbourhood; and was famous for some Rabbins, as R. Joden and R. Isaac (t), who are said to be "of Magdala". Thus the Syriac version reads it Magedo, and the Vulgate Latin Magedan; and Beza says, in one Greek exemplar it is read Magadan; and some have thought it to be the same with Megiddo, where Josiah was slain by Pharaohnecho, and which Herodotus calls Magdolos (u). The Evangelist Mark says, that he came into the parts of Dalmanutha, which was a place within the coasts of Magdala. This was not the place, but another of the same name near Jerusalem, from whence Mary Magdalene may be thought to have her name. The Ethiopic version renders it, "they went into a ship, and departed into the mountains of Magdala"; that is, Christ, and his disciples.

(s) T. Hieros. Sheviith, fol. 38. 4. Maaserot, fol. 50. 3. Erubin, fol. 21. 4. (t) T. Hieros. Taanith, fol. 64. 3. T. Bab. Yoma, fol. 81. 2. & Nidda, fol. 33. 1. Bereshit Rabba, fol. 4. 4. (u) I. 2. c. 159.

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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

Ver. 38. And they that did eat] {See Trapp on "Mat 14:21"} Herein was the majesty of the miracle, that there was no proportion between the men and the meat.

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.

The Pulpit Commentary

The computation is made in the same way as in Mat_14:21, the greatness of the miracle being thus enhanced.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The People's New Testament

B. W. Johnson

38. Four thousand. Instead of 5,000, as in the former miracle.

B. W. Johnson's The People's New Testament with Notes (1889–1891) — public domain. Electronic text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library (CCEL) ThML edition.

International Critical Commentary

38. And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.] Mk. has: “And there were about four thousand.” Mt. adds χωρὶς γυναικῶν καὶ παιδίων, to assimilate to 14:21.

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International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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Matthew, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 10 words (10 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tetrakischílioi (“four thousand”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “four thousand” (tetrakischílioi) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. This is the first place “four thousand” appears in Scripture (first appears here). What does its debut here establish?
  3. How does Matthew 16:10, which shares the word «four thousand», read alongside this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. Compare how Adam Clarke's Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

  • 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
  • These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
  • 10 distinct Greek lemmas span 10 words in this verse.

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