Matthew 14:20. And were filled. Philip had said that 200 pennyworth of bread would only give each a little, but now all had received enough.

Of the broken pieces. The pieces they distributed, pieces, not the refuse.

Twelve baskets full. ‘Baskets' such as travellers carried with them. They may have belonged to the disciples, who collected the broken pieces. What was gathered exceeded what was first given out Christ was no waster; He enjoined (John 6:12) carefulness and economy at the close of His most abundant bestowment. These fragments were probably for the use of the Twelve, since such miraculous increase was not the rule, but the exception. This circumstance mentioned by all four Evangelists was designed to impress the miracle upon the disciples (comp. chap. Matthew 16:9).

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