“When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.”
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“When the seven loaves fed the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They told him, “Seven.”
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When I brake.vii. amonge.iiii. M. How many basketes of the levinges of broken meate toke ye vp? they sayde.vii.
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And when I brake seuen among foure thousande, howe many baskets of the leauings of broken meate tooke ye vp? And they said, Seuen.
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Passages linked to Mark 8:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 15:34-38 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground; and he took the seven loaves and the fish. He gave thanks and broke them, and gave to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. They all ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. Those who ate were four thousand men, in addition to women and children.
- Mark 8:1-9 In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.” His disciples answered him, “From where could one satisfy these people with bread here in a deserted place?” He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.” He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground, and he took the seven loaves. Having given thanks, he broke them, and gave them to his disciples to serve, and they served the multitude. They had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also. They ate, and were filled. They took up seven baskets of broken pieces that were left over. Those who had eaten were about four thousand. Then he sent them away.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 20 And when the seven among four thousand, how…
20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
Ver. 20. {See Trapp on "Mat 16:9"} {See Trapp on "Mat 16:10"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when the seven among four thousand,.... That is,…
And when the seven among four thousand,.... That is, when seven loaves were broken among four thousand men,
how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? this surely you must remember, it being so recent an action, but just done, as it were:
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and they said, seven; for this, as yet, could not have slipped their memories; though they had, been reasoning among themselves because of their straitness of provisions, as if these things had never been done.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the four thousand
the four thousand
This refers to the 4,000 people Jesus fed. AT: "the 4,000 people" (See: Metonymy and Numbers)
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how many basketfuls did you take up
It may be helpful to state when they collected these. AT: "how many baskets full of broken pieces of bread did you collect after everyone finished eating" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
Do you not yet understand?
Jesus is mildly rebuking his disciples for not understanding. This can be written as a statement. AT: "You should understand by now the things I say and do." (See: Rhetorical Question)
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