Mark - 8:19



19 When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?" They told him, "Twelve."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 8:19.

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When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? They say to him, Twelve.
When I divided the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say to him, Twelve.
When I broke up the five loaves for the 5,000 men, how many baskets did you carry away full of broken portions?" "Twelve," they said.
When I made a division of the five cakes of bread among the five thousand, what number of baskets full of broken bits did you take up? They said to him, Twelve.
when I broke up the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets of broken pieces you picked up?" "Twelve," they said.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

When I brake the five loaves among five thousand,.... This, with what follows, chiefly regards the last question:
how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? do not you remember? have you forgot what was so lately done? surely you cannot:
they say unto him, twelve. Their memories were hereby refreshed, and they call to mind the exact number of the baskets of fragments that were taken up, which were above double the number of the loaves, the multitude were fed with.

When I brake the five loaves among five thousand--"the five thousand."
how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? &c.

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