Translations
Modern
…and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
Traditional
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
Literal
And they took up twelve hand-baskets full of fragments, and of the fish.
Latin
Et sustulerunt reliquias, fragmentorum duodecim cophinos plenos, et de piscibus.
Interlinear
Greek
English
…and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
Notes
This miracle makes Elisha’s miracle of feeding 100 people with 20 loaves seem less impressive (2 Kings 4:42–44). We should ask ourselves, “Who is this?” (Mark 4:41). He is the Christ, the Son of God (1:1).
The disciples finish their mission (6:6–13, 30–34). Then the story of feeding the 5,000 follows (6:35–44; see also Matthew 14:13–21; Luke 9:10–17; John 6:1–15). The feeding of the 4,000 is different enough to show these were two separate events (see Mark 8:1–10).
Events
- Feeding of Five Thousandc. AD 29
Parallels
Glossary
Bethsaida Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Bread Fullness Jesus Christ Mark, Gospel of Miracle
Topics
Jesus, the Christ: Miracles of More than Five-Thousand People Fed Jesus, the Christ: The Twelve Apostles Return