Mark 6:42

Mark 6:42 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they did all eat, and were filled.
• New International Version (NIV)They all ate and were satisfied,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they all ate and were satisfied.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they all ate and were filled.

Context of Mark 6:42

40So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. 41He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves. He kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. Everyone ate and was satisfied. 43They picked up twelve baskets full of pieces of bread and fish. 44Now those who had eaten the loaves were five thousand men.

Mark 6:42 word by word

καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• they didφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• were filledχορτάζωchortazō · to feedG5526

Cross-references for Mark 6:42

• Mark 8:8They ate and were satisfied. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces.
• Deuteronomy 8:3He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then he gave you manna to eat, which you and your ancestors had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
• 2 Kings 4:42A man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with his sack full of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first bread of the harvest. Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.”
• Psalms 145:15All eyes look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time.
• Matthew 14:20Everyone ate and was satisfied. They picked up twelve baskets full of leftover pieces.
• Matthew 15:37They all ate and were satisfied. They collected the leftover pieces — seven large baskets full.
• Luke 9:17Everyone ate and was filled. They picked up twelve baskets of leftover pieces.
• John 6:12When they were full, he told his disciples, “Collect the leftovers so that nothing is wasted.”

Commentaries on Mark 6:42

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32-44Verses 32-44 See this narrative explained in the notes at Matthew 14:13-21. Mark 6:32 By ship - By a boat or a small vessel. Privately - Without making their plan known. They intended to go privately. It appears, however, that their intention became known, and multitudes followed them. Mark 6:33 Afoot thither - On foot to the place where they saw them going. Out of all cities - All cities or large towns in the neighborhood. Mark 6:34 Much people … as…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-44Verses 30-44 Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils of others of his disciples, and provides rest for those that are tired, and refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of Christ's word, and then he took care that they should not want bodily food. If Christ and his disciples put up with mean things, surely…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 42-44This 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).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4242. And they did all eat, and were filled--All the four Evangelists mention this: and John (Joh 6:11) adds, "and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would"--to show that vast as was the multitude, and scanty the provisions, the meal to each and all of them was a plentiful one. "When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost" (Joh 6:12). This was designed to bring out the whole extent of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 6:42

• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Estate
• Fifty
• Folk
• Miracle
• Quarrel
• Testimony
• Thence
• Good
• Jesus Christ
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)

Commentaries on Mark 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings