Mark 6 · Verse 42

Mark 6:42

And they did all eat, and were filled.
Mark 6:42, King James Version

Mark 6:42 in other translations

BSBThey all ate and were satisfied,
WEBThey all ate and were filled.
ASVAnd they all ate, and were filled.
YLTand they did all eat, and were filled,
DARBYAnd they all ate and were satisfied.
BBEAnd they all took of the food and had enough.
WebsterAnd they all ate, and were satisfied.

What does Mark 6:42 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
42. And they did all eat, and were filled--All the four Evangelists mention this: and John (Joh 6:11) adds, "and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would"--to show that vast as was the multitude, and scanty the provisions, the meal to each and all of them was a plentiful one. "When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost" (Joh 6:12). This was designed to bring out the whole extent of the miracle.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 42.

(w) "And they did" De 8:3

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 6:30-44

Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils of others of his disciples, and provides rest for those that are tired, and refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of Christ's word, and then he took care that they should not want bodily food. If Christ and his disciples put…

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Mark 6:42 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἔφαγονephagonateG5315
πάντεςpantesallG3956
καὶkaiandG2532
ἐχορτάσθησαν,echortasthēsanwere satisfied,G5526

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 6:42

  • Mark 8:8-9

    So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.

  • Luke 9:17

    And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

  • John 6:12

    When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

  • Matthew 15:37-38

    And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

  • Matthew 14:20-21

    And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

  • 2 Kings 4:42-44

    And there came a man from Baal–shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord.

  • Psalms 145:15-16

    The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

  • Deuteronomy 8:3

    And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
8:8,9; De 8:3; 2Ki 4:42-44; Ps 145:15,16; Mt 14:20,21; 15:37,38
Lu 9:17; Joh 6:12

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Context

  • Mark 6:41

    And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.

  • Mark 6:42

    And they did all eat, and were filled.

  • Mark 6:43

    And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.

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Mark 6:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y comieron todos, y se hartaron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ils mangèrent tous, et furent rassasiés.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie aßen alle und wurden gesättigt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et manducaverunt omnes, et saturati sunt.