Mark 6:44

And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
that	οἱ hoi	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — nominative plural masculine
eat	φαγόντες phagontes	G5315	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine
loaves	ἄρτους artous	G740	bread (as raised) or a loaf · noun — accusative plural masculine
were	ἦν ēn	G2258	I (thou
about	ὡσεὶ hōsei	G5616	as if · preposition
thousand	πεντακισχίλιοι pentakischilioi	G4000	five times a thousand · adjective — nominative plural masculine
men	ἄνδρες.¶ andres	G435	a man (properly as an individual male) · noun — nominative plural masculine

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:30-44

In there verses, we have, I. The return to Christ of the apostles whom he had sent forth (Mar 6:7), to preach, and work miracles. They had dispersed themselves into several quarters of the country for some time, but when they had made good their several appointments, by consent they gathered themselves together, to compare notes, and came to Jesus, the centre of their unity, to give him an account of what they had done pursuant to their commission: as the servant that was sent to invite to the feast, and had received answers from the guests, came, and showed his Lord all those things, so did the apostles here; they told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. Minis…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 6:44

Were about five thousand - ὡσει, about, is omitted by a great majority of the best MSS. and by the principal versions. It is wanting in several editions: Bengel, Wetstein, and Griesbach, leave it out of the text. It is omitted by some in the parallel place, Mat 14:21, but it stands without any variation in Luk 9:14, and Joh 6:10. This miracle is mentioned by all the four evangelists. It is one of the most astonishing that Christ has wrought. It is a miracle which could not be counterfeited, and a full proof of the divinity of Christ.

John Gill on Mark 6:44

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", Matthew 14:21.

John Calvin on Mark 6:30-44

Mark 6:30-44 Matthew 14:13-21 Mark 6:30-44 Luke 9:10-17 13. When Jesus heard this, he departed thence to a ship to a desert place apart; and when the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 14. And Jesus, when leaving (the ship,) saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion towards them, and healed of such of them as were diseased. 15. And when the evening was drawing on, his disciples came to him, saying, It is a desert place, and the time is now past: send the multitudes away, that they may go into the village, and purchase victuals for themselves. 16. And Jesus said to them, It is not necessary that they should go away: give you to them something to e…

The Church Fathers

(ubi sup.) wThere are five senses in the outward man, which shows that by the five thousand men are meant those who, living in the world, know how to make a good use of external things.
— Bede ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

Now those who ate were five thousand men. Because there are five senses of the outer human being, the five thousand men who followed the Lord signify those who, though still in a secular condition, know how to use well the external things they possess. They are rightly fed with five loaves, because such people must still be instructed by legal precepts. For those who completely renounce the world and are four thousand, and are fed with seven loaves, that is, they are elevated by the evangelical perfection and are inwardly taught by spiritual grace.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Mark

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Dictionary and topics

Bethsaida — House of fish. (1.) A town in Galilee, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias, in the “land of Gennesaret.” It was the native place of Peter, Andrew, and Philip, and was frequently resorted to by…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:30-44

Adam Clarke on Mark 6:44

John Gill on Mark 6:44

John Calvin on Mark 6:30-44

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:30-44

Adam Clarke on Mark 6:44

John Gill on Mark 6:44

John Calvin on Mark 6:30-44

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 6:42-44