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Mark 8:7

They had also a few small fishes: and when he had giuen thankes, he commaunded them also to be set before them.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Miracles;   Prayer;   Thankfulness;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lord's Supper, the;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Grace at Meals;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Wilderness;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Animals;   Benediction;   Blessing (2);   Feeding the Multitudes;   Fish, Fisher, Fishing;   Lord's Supper (Ii);   Wilderness (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - New Testament;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   Lord's Supper (Eucharist);   Mark, the Gospel According to;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They also had a few small fish, and after he had blessed them, he said these were to be served as well.
King James Version (1611)
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commaunded to set them also before them.
King James Version
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
English Standard Version
And they had a few small fish. And having blessed them, he said that these also should be set before them.
New American Standard Bible
They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He told the disciples to serve these as well.
New Century Version
The followers also had a few small fish. After Jesus gave thanks for the fish, he told his followers to give them to the people also.
Amplified Bible
They also had a few small fish; and when Jesus had blessed them [and given thanks], He ordered these [fish] to be set before them as well.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be served as well.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they also had a few small fish; and after He blessed them, He ordered these to be served as well.
Berean Standard Bible
They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well.
Contemporary English Version
They also had a few little fish, and after Jesus had blessed these, he told the disciples to pass them around.
Complete Jewish Bible
They also had a few fish; making a b'rakhah over them he also ordered these to be served.
Darby Translation
And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before [them].
Easy-to-Read Version
The followers also had a few small fish. Jesus gave thanks for the fish and told them to give the fish to the people.
George Lamsa Translation
And there were a few fishes; he blessed them also, and commanded to set them before them.
Good News Translation
They also had a few small fish. Jesus gave thanks for these and told the disciples to distribute them too.
Lexham English Bible
And they had a few small fish, and after giving thanks for them, he said to set these before them also.
Literal Translation
And they had a few fish. And blessing, He said for these also to be served.
American Standard Version
And they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them.
Bible in Basic English
And they had some small fishes; and blessing them he had them put before the people in the same way.
Hebrew Names Version
They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
International Standard Version
They also had a few small fish. He blessed them and said that the fishthese
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Etheridge Translation
And there were fishes, a few: and also over them he blessed, and said that they should set them.
Murdock Translation
And there were a few fishes; and them he also blessed, and ordered them set forth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they hadde a fewe small fysshes: And when he had blessed, he commaunded them also to be set before them.
English Revised Version
And they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them.
World English Bible
They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded, to set them also before them.
Weymouth's New Testament
They had also a few small fish. He blessed them, and He told His disciples to distribute these also.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei hadden a few smale fischis; and he blesside hem, and comaundide, that thei weren sette forth.
Update Bible Version
And they had a few small fish: and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before [them].
New English Translation
They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well.
New King James Version
They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before them.
New Living Translation
A few small fish were found, too, so Jesus also blessed these and told the disciples to distribute them.
New Life Bible
They had a few small fish also. He gave thanks to God and told the followers to give the fish to them.
New Revised Standard
They had also a few small fish; and after blessing them, he ordered that these too should be distributed.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they had a few small fishes; and, blessing them, he bade them set, these also, before them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they had a few little fishes: and he blessed them and commanded them to be set before them.
Revised Standard Version
And they had a few small fish; and having blessed them, he commanded that these also should be set before them.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And they had a feawe smale fysshes. And he blessed them and comaunded them also to be set before them.
Young's Literal Translation
And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before [them];
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they had a few small fyshes, and whan he had geuen thankes, he bad set the same before the people.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and there being a few small fishes, he gave thanks, and order'd them to be distributed.
Simplified Cowboy Version
They also had a few pieces of beef jerky. After giving thanks for these, too, he told the cowboys to pass them out as well.

Contextual Overview

1 In those dayes, when there was a very great multitude, and had nothing to eate, Iesus called his disciples to him, and said vnto them, 2 I haue compassion on the multitude, because they haue nowe continued with mee three dayes, and haue nothing to eate. 3 And if I sende them away fasting to their owne houses, they woulde faint by the way: for some of them came from farre. 4 Then his disciples answered him, Whence can a man satisfie these with bread here in the wildernes? 5 And hee asked them, Howe many loaues haue ye? And they said, Seuen. 6 Then he commaunded the multitude to sit downe on the grounde: and hee tooke the seuen loaues, and gaue thankes, brake them, and gaue to his disciples to set before them, and they did set them before the people. 7 They had also a few small fishes: and when he had giuen thankes, he commaunded them also to be set before them. 8 So they did eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full. 9 (And they that had eaten, were about foure thousand) so he sent them away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

fishes: Luke 24:41, Luke 24:42, John 21:5, John 21:8, John 21:9

he blessed: Luke 6:41, Matthew 14:19

Reciprocal: Mark 6:41 - blessed John 6:10 - Make

Cross-References

Leviticus 11:15
And all rauens after their kinde:
1 Kings 17:4
And thou shalt drinke of the riuer: and I haue comanded the rauens to feede thee there.
1 Kings 17:6
And the rauens brought him bread & flesh in the morning, and bread & flesh in the euening, and he dranke of the riuer.
Job 38:41
Who prepareth for the rauen his meate, when his birdes crie vnto God, wandering for lacke of meate?
Psalms 147:9
Which giueth to beasts their foode, and to the yong rauens that crie.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they had a few small fishes,.... Which they also acquainted Christ with, and brought out unto him:

and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before [them]. It looks, by this account, as if the fishes were blessed, and brake, and distributed separately, alter the blessing, breaking, and distribution of the bread; and so the Syriac version renders it, "upon whom also he blessed"; and the Persic thus, "and he also blessed the fishes"; but, according to Matthew they were both blessed, and brake, and distributed together, as it is highly reasonable to suppose they were both ate together;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39.

Mark 8:1

In those days - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man.

Having nothing to eat - Having come unprovided, or having consumed what they had brought.

Mark 8:2

I have compassions - I pity their condition. I am disposed to relieve them.

Mark 8:9

Four thousand - Four thousand “men,” besides women and children. See Matthew 15:38. See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 8:7. And they, had a few small fishes — This is not noticed in the parallel place, Matthew 15:36.


 
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