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Mark 8:7 KJV
Mark · chapter 8 · verse 7
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.Mark 8:7 · King James Version
Mark 8:7 in context
5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
6And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
7And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
8So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
9And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedeiponto speak, sayG2036 →
- blessedeulogeōto praise, celebrate with praises, to invoke blessings, to consecrate a thing with solemn…G2127 →
- fishesichthydiona little fishG2485 →
- fewoligoslittle, small, few, of number multitude, quantity, or size, of time short, of degree or…G3641 →
- setparatithēmito place beside or near or set before, foodG3908 →
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We had the story of a miracle very like this before, in this gospel (Mar 6:35), and of this same miracle (Mat 15:32), and here is little or no addition or alternation as to the circumstances. Yet observe, 1. That our Lord Jesus was greatly followed; The multitude was very great (Mar 8:1);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9