Mark 6:38 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 6:38

“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

BSB

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ASV

And he saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

KJV

He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.

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Commentary

1 voice

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) Again, in a mystical sense, the Saviour refreshes the hungry crowds at the day's decline, because, either now that the end of the world approaches, or now that the Sun of justice has set in death for us, we are saved from wasting away in spiritual hunger. He calls the Apostles to Him at the breaking of bread, intimating that daily by them our hungry souls are fed, that is, by their letters and examples. By the five loaves are figured the Five Books of Moses, by the two fishes the Psalms and Prophets.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes--John is more precise and full: "One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto Him, There is a lad here which hath five barley loaves and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?" (Joh 6:8, 9).

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ὁ	Ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
λέγει	legei	He says	G3004 →
αὐτοῖς·	autois	to them;	G846 →
πόσους	posous	How many	G4214 →
ἄρτους	artous	loaves	G740 →
ἔχετε;	echete	have you	G2192 →
ὑπάγετε	hupagete	do go	G5217 →
ἴδετε.	idete	do see.	G1492 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
γνόντες	gnontes	having known	G1097 →
λέγουσιν·	legousin	they say;	G3004 →
πέντε	pente	Five	G4002 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
δύο	duo	two	G1417 →
ἰχθύας.	ichthuas	fish.	G2486 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
John 6:9
“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
leads to
- Luke 9:13
  But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Kings 4:42–44
  Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
- Matthew 14:17
  “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
- Psalms 78:19
  They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
- Mark 8:19
  When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
Through
Luke 9:13
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”
leads to
- Proverbs 11:24–25
  One gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.
- John 6:5–9
  When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
- 2 Kings 4:42–43
  Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark