Mark 6:44

A really big mob of people ate that food. There were 5,000 men in that mob, as well as women and kids.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

In Context

43After that, Jesus’s followers picked up the bits of food that nobody ate. They filled up 12 big baskets with that left-over food.

45As soon as they finished eating, Jesus told his followers, “Get into the boat and row across the lake, to the place called Bethsayida. I will follow you mob some time later.” Then he started telling all the people, “You mob can all go home now. Goodbye.”

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Matthew Henry on Mark 6:31-45

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent… Read the whole commentary →

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