Bible Commentary

And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. 44. five thousand men ] besides women and children (Mat 14:21), who would not sit down with the men, but sit or stand apart. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 44. Were about five thousand] , about, is omitted … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:44”

And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. 43. they took up ] in obedience to our Lord’s command (Joh 6:12), Who would teach them that wastefulness even of miraculous power was wholly alien to the Divine economy. baskets ] “tuelue coffyns full,” Wyclif. All the Evangelists alike here … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:43”

And they did all eat, and were filled. 42. And they did all eat, and werefilledAll the four Evangelists mention this: and John (Joh6:11) adds, “and likewise of the fishes, as much as theywould”to show that vast as was the multitude, and scanty theprovisions, the meal to each and all of them was a plentiful … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:42”

And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave [them] to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. 41. and blessed ] The words, though not given, were probably those of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:41”

And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 40. in ranks ] Literally, they reclined in parterres ( areolatim). “As they sat in these orderly groups upon the grass, the gay red and blue and yellow colours of the clothing, which the poorest Orientals wear, called up in the imagination of St … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:40”

And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 39. by companies ] Literally, drinking parties. The word alludes to an orderly social grouping, catervatim. The words are repeated by a Hebraism in the original, like the “two and two” of Mar 6:7. upon the green grass ] St … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:39”

He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. 38. go and see ] In the interval between their going and return they learnt that a lad in their company had five barley loaves, and two small fishes, which they could secure … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:38”

He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? 37. Shall we go and buy ] With one mouth they seem to have reiterated what St Philip had said earlier in the day. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:37”

Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. 36. send them away ] Already earlier in the day the Lord had asked the Apostle Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat? and he, thinking … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:36”

And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 35. a desert place ] The locality was probably part of the rich but uninhabited plain at the mouth of the Jordan. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 6:35”