Mark 8:9

Mark 8:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
• New International Version (NIV)About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.
• New Living Translation (NLT)There were about 4,000 men in the crowd that day, and Jesus sent them home after they had eaten.

Context of Mark 8:9

7They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before them. 8So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments. Now those who had eaten were about four thousand. And He sent them away, 10immediately got into the boat with His disciples, and came to the region of Dalmanutha. 11Then the Pharisees came out and began to dispute with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, testing Him.

Mark 8:9 word by word

ἦσαν δὲ ὡς τετρακισχίλιοι· καὶ ἀπέλυσεν αὐτούς.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• they that had eatenφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315
• wereεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• aboutὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• four thousandτετρακισχίλιοιtetrakischilioi · four thousandG5070
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• he sentἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• awayἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630

Commentaries on Mark 8:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39. Mark 8:1 In those days - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man. Having nothing to eat - Having come unprovided, or having consumed what they had brought. Mark 8:2 I have compassions - I pity their condition. I am disposed to relieve them. Mark 8:9 Four thousand - Four thousand “men,” besides women and children. See Matthew 15:38. See this passage explained in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10The stories about feeding the 4,000 and the 5,000 are similar. All four Gospels report the earlier feeding of the 5,000 (6:35–44; Matthew 14:13–21; Luke 9:10–17; John 6:1–15). Only Mark and Matthew also record the feeding of the 4,000 as a separate miracle (Matthew 15:32–39; Mark 8:19–21; Matthew 16:9–10). The details of the events are different.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away--Had not our Lord distinctly referred, in this very chapter and in two successive sentences, to the feeding of the five thousand and of the four thousand as two distinct miracles, many critics would have insisted that they were but two different representations of one and the same miracle, as they do of the two expulsions of the buyers and sellers from the temple, at the beginning…Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 8:9

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

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Commentaries on Mark 8

• 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