Mark - 8:5

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5 He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."

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Explanation and meaning of Mark 8:5.

Differing Translations

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And he was questioning them, 'How many loaves have ye?' and they said, 'Seven.'
"How many loaves have you?" He asked. "Seven," they said.
And he put the question, How much bread have you? And they said, Seven cakes.
And he questioned them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven."
"How many loaves have you?" he asked. "Seven," they answered.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he asked them, how many loaves have ye?.... See Gill on Matthew 15:34;
and they said, seven. Matthew adds, "and a few little fishes", which are here afterwards mentioned.

And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven--It was important in this case, as in the former, that the precise number of the loaves should be brought out. Thus also does the distinctness of the two miracles appear.

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