8<\/strong>. seven baskets<\/em> ] Not the small wicker cophinoi<\/em> of the former miracle, but large baskets of rope, such as that in which St Paul was lowered from the wall of Damascus (Act 9:25<\/span>). We notice at once the difference between this and the Miracle of the Five Thousand:<\/p>\n ( a<\/em>) The people had been with the Lord upwards of three days, a point not noted on the other occasion;<\/p>\n ( b<\/em>) Seven loaves are now distributed and a few fishes, then five loaves and two fishes;<\/p>\n ( c<\/em>) Five thousand were fed then, four thousand are fed now;<\/p>\n ( d<\/em>) On this occasion seven large rope-baskets are filled with fragments, on the other twelve small wicker baskets.<\/p>\n ( e<\/em>) The more excitable inhabitants of the coast-villages of the North would have taken and made Him a king (Joh 6:15<\/span>); the men of Decapolis and the Eastern shores permit Him to leave them without any demonstration.<\/p>\n So they did eat, and were filled<\/strong>,…. Christ and his disciples, and the whole multitude: they not only had some, but they had all enough, a full meal. It was surprising that it could be divided so, is that every one should have a bit; but that they should all be satisfied to the full, is amazing:<\/p>\n and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets<\/strong>; as many as there were loaves; [See comments on Mt 15:37]<\/span>.<\/p>\n Broken pieces that remained over <\/B> ( <\/SPAN><\/span>). Overplus, abundance, remains of broken pieces not used, not just scraps or crumbs. <\/P> <\/p>\n Were filled. See on Mt 5:6<\/span>. Wyc., fulfilled. Tynd., sufficed.<\/P> <\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 1) “So they did eat and were filled.<\/strong> (kai epagon kai echortasthesan) “And they ate and were satisfied;” the very great multitude, Mar 8:1<\/span>. They ate with no fear of the food running out, until all were full, Deu 8:10<\/span>; Psa 132:15<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2) “And they took up of the broken meat,”<\/strong> (kai heran perisseurnata klasmaton) “And took up excesses of fragments,” of the loaves and fishes, the disciples took up, gathered together, following their Lord’s call to frugality, to preserve what one has, Joh 6:12-14<\/span>.<\/p>\n 3) “That was left seven baskets.”<\/strong> (hepta spuridas) “Seven baskets,” that were left over, uneaten, much as they had gathered twelve baskets on a previous, similar occasion, Mat 14:20<\/span>; Mar 6:43<\/span>.<\/p>\n (8) Broken meat.<\/strong>Better, fragments.<\/em><\/p>\n Seven baskets.<\/strong>See Note on Mat. 15:37<\/span>.<\/p>\n 8<\/strong>. <\/strong> Meat <\/em> This word is used in its old English sense and signifies food.<\/p>\n ‘And they ate and were filled, and they took up of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets. And they were about four thousand, and he sent them away.’<\/p>\n How remarkable an event is summed up in such few words. Firstly they ate and were filled. What Jesus was offering of Himself as symbolised in the bread was fully satisfying. Then having partaken of the sevenfold loaves, symbolising the perfect and sufficient provision of God, there is perfection and sufficiency remaining, seven baskets. Both accounts stress the broken pieces. It was only as Jesus was broken for His own that future provision was made for them.<\/p>\n ‘Seven baskets.’ These were large mat baskets as used universally.<\/p>\n ‘And they were about four thousand.’ Four times a thousand, representative of the whole world.<\/p>\n ‘And He sent them away.’ No fear of an uprising here. No one wanted to make Him a king. They were satisfied with what they had received.<\/p>\n We should, however, recognise the significance of what He had done. He had revealed that as the Messiah He had come to meet the needs of the whole world, and to invite them to His Father’s Table. All could now partake in His deliverance.<\/p>\n 8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat<\/em> that was left seven baskets. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n Ver. 38. See Trapp on “<\/em> Mat 15:37 “<\/em> <\/p>\n Mar 8:8<\/span> . , the remainders of the broken pieces. Matthew uses the singular neuter, , in both feedings. : in both accounts of second feeding, in both accounts of first ( in Luke). On the difference in meaning, vide<\/em> notes on Mat 15:37<\/span> .<\/p>\n baskets. Greek. Plural of spuris, a large basket or hamper. Occurs only here and in Mar 8:20, Mat 15:37; Mat 16:10 and Act 9:25. <\/p>\n and were: This was another incontestable miracle – four thousand men, besides women and children – Mat 15:28, fed with seven loaves – or rather cakesand a few small fishes! Here there must have been a manifest creation of substance – for, they all ate, and were filled. Mar 8:19, Mar 8:20, Psa 107:8, Psa 107:9, Psa 145:16, Mat 16:10, Luk 1:53, Joh 6:11-13, Joh 6:27, Joh 6:32-35, Joh 6:47-58, Rev 7:16, Rev 7:17 <\/p>\n they took: 1Ki 17:14-16, 2Ki 4:2-7, 2Ki 4:42-44 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Mat 14:20 – and they took Mat 15:37 – seven Mar 6:42 – General Luk 9:17 – eat Joh 6:12 – they<\/p>\n 8<\/p>\n Having the baskets of scraps left denoted that their being filled was not just an imagination. This is especially significant in view of the fact that they had been fasting for three days and must have been very hungry.<\/p>\n Mar 8:8. Baskets. Not the word used in the account of the similar miracle. See notes on Mat 15:37; Mat 16:10.<\/p>\n Jesus’ provision was again typically adequate and abundant but not excessive.<\/p>\n Some critics of the Bible have argued that Matthew and Mark told the story of one miraculous feeding twice and made mistakes that account for the differences in the accounts. [Note: E.g., Gould, p. 142.] <\/span> However the differences between the two stories are so great that most readers believe Jesus fed two different groups of people on two separate occasions.<\/p>\n Another debatable point is whether this crowd was Gentile, since the location was primarily Gentile, and the former crowd was Jewish, in view of its location. Probably there were more Gentiles present on this occasion and more Jews on the other. This points to a mixture of Jews and Gentiles that Jesus helped and that believed on Him, prefiguring the mixed composition of the church and the kingdom.<\/p>\n So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken [meat] that was left seven baskets. 8. seven baskets ] Not the small wicker cophinoi of the former miracle, but large baskets of rope, such as that in which St Paul was lowered from the wall of Damascus (Act 9:25). 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