Mark 6 · Verse 44

Mark 6:44

And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
Mark 6:44, King James Version

Mark 6:44 in other translations

BSBAnd there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.
WEBThose who ate the loaves were five thousand men.
ASVAnd they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.
YLTand those eating of the loaves were about five thousand men.
DARBYAnd those that ate of the loaves were five thousand men.
BBEAnd those who took of the bread were five thousand men.
WebsterAnd they that ate of the loaves, were about five thousand men.

What does Mark 6:44 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
44. And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men--"besides women and children" (Mt 14:21). Of these, however, there would probably not be many; as only the males were obliged to go to the approaching festival. Jesus Recrosses to the Western side of the Lake Walking on the Sea (Mr 6:45-56). One very important particular given by John alone (Joh 6:15) introduces this portion: "When Jesus therefore perceived that they would take Him by force, to make Him a king, He departed again into a mountain Himself alone."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 44 Were about five thousand - ὡσει, about, is omitted by a great majority of the best MSS. and by the principal versions. It is wanting in several editions: Bengel, Wetstein, and Griesbach, leave it out of the text. It is omitted by some in the parallel place, Mat 14:21, but it stands without any variation in Luk 9:14, and Joh 6:10. This miracle is mentioned by all the four evangelists. It is one of the most astonishing that Christ has wrought. It is a miracle which could not be counterfeited, and a full proof of the divinity of Christ.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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 6:44 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
ἦσανēsanwereG1510
οἱhoithoseG3588
φαγόντεςphagonteshaving eaten ofG5315
τοὺςtoustheG3588
ἄρτουςartousloavesG740
ὡσεὶhōseiaboutG5616
πεντακισχίλιοιpentakischilioifive thousandG4000
ἄνδρες.¶andresmen.G435

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

Context

  • Mark 6:43

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

  • Mark 6:44

    And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

  • Mark 6:45

    And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

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Mark 6:44 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y los que comieron eran cinco mil hombres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ceux qui avaient mangé les pains étaient 5 000 hommes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es waren derer, welche von den Broten gegessen hatten, fünftausend Männer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Erant autem qui manducaverunt quinque millia virorum.