He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”
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He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.”
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And he axed them: how many loves have ye? They sayde: seven.
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And hee asked them, Howe many loaues haue ye? And they said, Seuen.
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Passages linked to Mark 8:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 14:15-17 When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.” But Jesus said to them, “They don’t need to go away. You give them something to eat.” They told him, “We only have here five loaves and two fish.”
- Matthew 15:34 Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”
- Mark 6:38 He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go see.” When they knew, they said, “Five, and two fish.”
- Luke 9:13 But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 5 And he asked them, How many loaves have…
5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
Ver. 5. {See Trapp on "Mat 15:34"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he asked them, how many loaves have ye?....…
And he asked them, how many loaves have ye?.... See Gill on Mat 15:34;
and they said, seven. Matthew adds, "and a few little fishes", which are here afterwards mentioned.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The seven loaves and the few small fishes appear…
The seven loaves and the few small fishes appear to have been the modest provision for our Lord and his disciples. As he often retired into the desert, they were no doubt accustomed to carry small supplies about with them, though poor and scanty. In the former miracle of the multiplying of the loaves, (Mar_6:35) we find that their stock consisted of five loaves and two fishes. It was, of course, just as easy for our Lord to multiply the smaller quantity as the larger. But he chose so to order it that the original quantity of food, as well as the number requiring to be fed, should in each case be different, in order that it might be evident that they were different occasions, although the miracles were of the same kind.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 He asked them
He asked them
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He commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground
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Use your language's word for how people customarily eat when there is no table, whether sitting or lying down.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:5 Seven loaves: Numerous attempts have been made to…
8:5 Seven loaves: Numerous attempts have been made to allegorize the numbers in the two feeding miracles, but the lack of consensus among these interpretations, and the reference to “a few fish” in the present story, suggest that the numbers are not symbolic. None of the Gospel writers associate any clear significance with these numbers, and this should warn us against doing so. As with the feeding of the 5,000, the purpose of the numbers is to magnify the greatness of the miracle and of Jesus.
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