Mark 8 · Verse 14

Mark 8:14

Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Mark 8:14, King James Version

Mark 8:14 in other translations

BSBNow the disciples had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.
WEBThey forgot to take bread; and they didn’t have more than one loaf in the boat with them.
ASVAnd they forgot to take bread; and they had not in the boat with them more than one loaf.
YLTand they forgot to take loaves, and except one loaf they had nothing with them in the boat,
DARBYAnd they forgot to take bread, and save one loaf, they had not any with them in the ship.
BBEAnd they had taken no thought to get bread; and they had only one cake of bread with them in the boat.
WebsterNow the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the boat with them more than one loaf.

What does Mark 8:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf--This is another example of that graphic circumstantiality which gives such a charm to this briefest of the four Gospels. The circumstance of the "one loaf" only remaining, as Webster and Wilkinson remark, was more suggestive of their Master's recent miracles than the entire absence of provisions.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread - See all this, to Mar 8:21, explained at large on Mat 16:4-12 (note). In the above chapter, an account is given of the Pharisees, Sadducees, and Herodians.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 8:11-21

Obstinate unbelief will have something to say, though ever so unreasonable. Christ refused to answer their demand. If they will not be convinced, they shall not. Alas! what cause we have to lament for those around us, who destroy themselves and others by their perverse and obstinate unbelief, and enmity to the gospel! When we forget the works of God, and distrust him, we should chide ourselves severely, as Christ…

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Mark 8:14 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
ἐπελάθοντοepelathontothey forgotG1950
λαβεῖνlabeinto takeG2983
ἄρτουςartousloavesG740
καὶkaiandG2532
εἰeionlyG1487
μὴmēexceptG3361
ἕναhenaoneG1520
ἄρτονartonloafG740
οὐκouknotG3756
εἶχονeichonthey hadG2192
μεθ᾽meth᾽withG3326
ἑαυτῶνhe'autōnthemselvesG1438
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
πλοίῳ.ploiōboat.G4143

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

Cross references for Mark 8:14

  • Matthew 16:5

    And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
had forgotten.
Mt 16:5

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Context

  • Mark 8:13

    And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.

  • Mark 8:14

    Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

  • Mark 8:15

    And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

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Mark 8:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y se habían olvidado de tomar pan, y no tenían sino un pan consigo en el barco.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils avaient oublié de prendre des pains, et ils n’avaient qu’ un seul pain avec eux dans le bateau.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie vergaßen Brote mitzunehmen, und hatten nichts bei sich auf dem Schiffe als nur ein Brot.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et obliti sunt panes sumere: et nisi unum panem non habebant secum in navi.