Matthew 16:10

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up?

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τετρακισχιλίων

tetrakischílioi

G5070

“four thousand”

Adjective, Genitive, Plural, Masculine

Appears 5× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 15:38

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from the multiplicative adverb of G5064 and G5507

TDNT: None

1. four thousand

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

10: words
9: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Notable vocabulary

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

Shared distinctive vocabulary

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

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse:

τοὺς the G3588 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Matthew 16:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Matthew 15:34–38 Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
Mark 8:5–9 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."
Mark 8:17–21 Jesus, perceiving it, said to them, "Why do you reason that it's because you have no bread? Don't you perceive yet, neither understand? Is your heart still hardened?

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Notes on Matthew 16:10 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.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Bengel's Gnomon

Johann Albrecht Bengel

Mat 16:10. Τῶν τετρακισχιλίων, of the four thousand) That which any one enjoys and uses may be said to be his.—ἐλάβετε, ye took) sc. for future food, as a compensation for the five and seven loaves which ye spent.

Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10. See Clarke on Mt 16:9

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

John Gill's Exposition

Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand,.... Have you forgot the other miracle done but a very little while ago, when I fed four thousand men, beside women and children, with seven loaves and a few small fishes;

and how many baskets ye took up? no less than seven large baskets; and am I not able to provide for you? distress not yourselves about this matter; give not way to unbelief, which must argue great stupidity and insensibility.

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

10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Ver. 10. Neither the seven loaves] Learn to lay up experiences. If we were well read in the story of our own lives (saith a reverend man, Dr Sibbs) we might have a divinity of our own. The philosopher saith, that experience is multiplex memoria, because of the memory of the same thing often done ariseth experience, which should be the nurse of confidence.

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.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

10. Four thousand — It is plain, from the references in these two verses to the miracles of feeding both the four thousand and the five thousand, that they were intended to be narrated as two independent transactions.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Scofield Reference Notes

C. I. Scofield

baskets

A different Greek word from that translated "baskets" in Mat 16:9.

The Scofield Reference Bible (1917 edition), notes by C. I. Scofield — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Matthew, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 10 words (9 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

How does “four thousand” (tetrakischílioi) shape what this verse is saying?
Matthew 15:38 shares the word «four thousand» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“the” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Reading how Bengel's Gnomon and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 8 words in this verse.
“the” occurs 2× in this single verse.
9 distinct Greek lemmas span 10 words in this verse.