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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:36

Send them away ,.... Leave off preaching, dismiss the assembly; see Matthew 14:15 ; that they may go into the country round about ; or "into the fields"; that is, to the odd houses; which were here and there in the fields; See Gill on Mark 5:14 ; and into the villages ; the little country towns that were near at hand: and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat ; they brought no provisions with them, and there were none to be had in that desert place; and it was... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:37

He answered and said unto them, give ye them to eat ,.... This he said to try their faith, and make way for the following miracle: and they say unto him, shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat ? This might be just the sum of money they now had in the bag, as Grotius, and others conjecture; and the sense be, shall we lay out the two hundred pence, which is all we have in hand, to buy bread for this multitude? is it proper we should? is it thy will that... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:38

And he saith unto them, how many loaves have ye ?.... This he said, not as ignorant, but as willing to try their faith yet more, and that the after miracle might be more manifest and illustrious: go and see ; meaning, either that they should examine their own store, if they had any; or rather go and see what was to be had upon the spot, among the company, for money; and when they knew, they say five loaves and two fishes : when they had made inquiry what provisions there were, and... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:39

And he commanded them to make all sit down ,.... Christ ordered his disciples, without any more ado, to cause the whole multitude, men, women, and children, to sit, or lie down, as they used to do at table when about to take a meal: and as they had no table before them, nor beds, or couches to sit, or lie down upon, he directed them to place them by companies upon the green grass ; that there might be some order among them, as at a meal; and that their number might be the more easily... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:40

And they sat down in ranks ,.... Or "beds": in such form as little beds are placed in a garden, or as rows of vines in a vineyard, in which form the scholars of the wise men sat in their schools: it is said F7 T. Hieros. Beraeot, fol. 7. 4. Vid. Gloss. in T. Bab. Yebamot, fol. 42. 2. , "R. Eliezer ben Azariah expounded before the wise men in the vineyard (i.e. the university) of Jabneh: though was there a vineyard there? but these are the disciples of the wise men, who are made, or... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:41

And when he had taken the five loaves and two fishes ,.... Out of the hands of those that brought them into his own: he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves : See Gill on Matthew 14:19 , and gave them to his disciples to set before them ; the multitude, in order to eat of them: and the two fishes divided he among them all ; that every one might have a part. The Syriac and Persic versions read, they divided; that is, the apostles. read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:42

And they did all eat, and were filled. See Gill on Matthew 14:20 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:43

And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments ,.... Of the broken pieces of bread, after all had eaten, and were satisfied: and of the fishes ; what remained of them:, for though there was but one loaf for a thousand persons and more, and two small fishes to be divided among five thousand and more: yet, through the wonderful power of Christ increasing both, as they were distributing and eating, there was enough of both for them all, and such a quantity of each left as filled... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:44

And they that did eat of the loaves ,.... And also of the fishes; for they all ate of both; were about five thousand men ; the word ωσει , "about", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic and Ethiopic versions, reading five thousand men certain. The Evangelist Matthew adds, "beside children and women", Matthew 14:21 . read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:45

And straightway he constrained his disciples ,.... The reasons of this is See Gill on Matthew 14:22 , to get into the ship ; in which they came to this place, and which was waiting for them: and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida ; or rather "to go to the other side over against Bethsaida"; for they were now in a desert belonging to that city, wherefore they were ordered to go, and did go to the other side of the sea of Tiberias, or Galilee, even to Capernaum, as appears... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:44

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Mark 6:45

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