Mark 8:9

There were about four thousand men who had eaten. After sending them away,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

In Context

8The people ate and were filled, and the disciples picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

10Jesus immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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Cross References

Luke 18:31Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:2-10

Christ Feeds the Four Thousand. 1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked… Read the whole commentary →

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