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Weymouth New Testament
Mark 6:44
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Now those who had eaten the loaves were five thousand men.
And they that did eate of the loaues, were about fiue thousand men.
And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.
There were five thousand men who ate.
Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men [not counting the women and children].
There were five thousand men who ate the loaves.
And there were five thousand men who ate the loaves.
And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.
There were five thousand men who ate the food.
Those who ate the loaves numbered five thousand men.
And those that ate of the loaves were five thousand men.
There were about 5000 men there who ate.
And they that had eaten, were about fiue thousand men.
And those who ate the bread were five thousand men.
The number of men who were fed was five thousand.
And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
And those eating the loaves were about five thousand men.
And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.
And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.
Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
There were 5,000 men who had eaten the loaves.
Now they who had eaten bread were five thousand men.
And they who had eaten bread were five thousand men.
And they that dyd eate, were about fyue thousande men.
And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.
Those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
And they that had eaten of the loaves, were about five thousand men.
And thei that eeten, weren fyue thousynde of men.
And those that ate the loaves were five thousand men.
And they that ate of the loaves, were about five thousand men.
Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.
Now those who had eaten the loaves were about [fn] five thousand men.
A total of 5,000 men and their families were fed.
About five thousand men ate the bread.
Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men.
And they who did eat the loaves were, five thousand men.
And they that did eat, were five thousand men.
And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
And they that ate were about fyve thousand men.
and those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.
And they that ate, were aboute fyue thousande men.
the company that were entertain'd being about five thousand men.
Jesus fed over five thousand men, not counting all the women and children that were there too.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 ωσει, "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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See this narrative explained in the notes at Matthew 14:13-21.
Mark 6:32
By ship - By a boat or a small vessel.
Privately - Without making their plan known. They intended to go privately. It appears, however, that their intention became known, and multitudes followed them.
Mark 6:33
Afoot thither - On foot to the place where they saw them going.
Out of all cities - All cities or large towns in the neighborhood.
Mark 6:34
Much people ...as sheep ... - They had no one to teach them and guide them. The priests and scribes were proud and corrupt; they despised the common people and neglected them.
Mark 6:35
The time is far passed - The day is almost gone. It is drawing near night.
Mark 6:37
Two hundred pennyworth of bread - About twenty-eight dollars, or 6 British pounds. See the notes at Matthew 14:16. As the disciples had a common purse in which they carried their little property, consisting of the donations of their friends and money to be given to the poor (compare John 12:6; Matthew 26:8-9; Luke 8:3), it is not improbable that they had at this time about this sum in their possession. Philip - for it was he who asked the question John 6:7 - asked, with a mixture of wonder and agitation, whether they should take all their little property and spend it on a single meal? And even if we should, said he, it would not be sufficient to satisfy such a multitude. It was implied in this that, in his view, they could not provide for them if they wished to, and that it would be better to send them away than to attempt it.
Mark 6:40
In ranks - Literally, in the form of square beds in a garden. By regularly formed companies.
By hundreds and by fifties - Some companies had a hundred in them, and some groupings had fifty in them. We do not need to suppose that these were “exactly” formed or arranged, but that this was approximately the number. The expression indicates a “multitude.” There were so many that they sat down, by “hundreds” and by “fifties,” in separate companies, upon the green grass.
Mark 6:43
twelve baskets - Baskets belonging to the disciples, in which they carried their provisions, or, perhaps, belonging to some of the multitude.
Fragments - Broken pieces of the bread that remained.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 44. Were about five thousand — ωσει, 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, Matthew 14:21, but it stands without any variation in Luke 9:14, and John 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.
