Matthew 14:21

Now those men who had eaten were five thousand, besides women and children.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

In Context

20And all did eat, and were satisfied; and they took up, of the abundance of the fragments, twelve baskets when full.

22And immediately he constrained his disciples to ascend into the bark, and proceed before him to the other shore, while he was dismissing the crowds.

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Cross References

Acts 4:4And many who heard the word believed; and they were in number as five thousand men.

2 Corinthians 9:8For it is in the power of Aloha to increase in you every good, that you may always have every thing sufficient, and that you may abound in every good work.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:14-22

The Five Thousand Fed. 13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 16 But… Read the whole commentary →

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