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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

Mark 8:5

And he asked them, how many loaves have ye?....

Matthew 15:34;

and they said, seven. Matthew adds, "and a few little fishes", which are here afterwards mentioned.

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See also Mark 8:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32. Mark 8:1 IN THOSE DAYS - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man. HAVING NOTHING TO EAT - Having come unprovided, or h...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 __ 1. The feeding of the Four Thousand. (Mark 8:1. Matthew 15:32) 2. The Pharisees ask a sign. (Mark 8:10 .Matthew 16:1

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SECOND FEEDING OF THE MULTITUDE. This narrative is now generally regarded as a second version of the incident recorded in ch. 6. Indeed Wendland, Wellhausen, and HNT treat Mark 8:1 as a doublet of...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    In those days, when there was again a great crowd, and when they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have stayed wi...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    COMPASSION AND CHALLENGE (Mark 8:1-10)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ASKED. began asking....

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    1–9. THE FEEDING OF THE FOUR THOUSAND Matthew 15:32-39...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἨΡΏΤΑ. The imperf. is probably conversational; Mt. has λέγει. See notes on Mark 6:38 f. The first aor. εἶπα is freq. in class. Grk....

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 1. In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples unto Him, and saith unto them, 2. "I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS IS OUR POWERFUL LORD -- MARK 8:1-21:_ The multitudes of people still followed Jesus. Great leaders always train others. Therefore, Jesus did much of what He did through His apostles. He had pit...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΉΡΏΤΑ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΩΤΆΩ (G2065) спрашивать, ΕΊΠΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND. 8:1-10 _TEXT 8:1-10_ In those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, I have co...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _SUMMARY 7:24_8:13 This section contains an account of three more remarkable miraclesthe expulsion of a demon from the Gentile woman's daughter; the restoration of speech and hearing to the deaf stamm...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. AND HE ASKED THEM, HOW MANY LOAVES HAVE YE? AND THEY SAID, SEVEN. It was important in this case, as in the former, that the precis...

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    31-37 Compare Mat_15:29-31. 32 The meeting with the Greek woman of Syro-Phoenicia suggests a phase of kingdom service for which Israel, in our Lord's day, was utterly incapable. In Jehovah's day the L...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FEEDING THE FOUR THOUSAND. THE SIGN FROM HEAVEN. HEALING OF A BLIND MAN. CONFESSION OF PETER 1-10. Feeding the four thousand (Matthew 15:32). See on Mt....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 8 FOOD FOR 4000 PEOPLE VERSES 1-10 Jesus gave food to a large crowd that did not h...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 8:1-10 (Mark 8:1) THE FOUR THOUSAND "In those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, He called unto Him His disciples, and saith unto them, I ha...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Second feeding_ (Matthew 15:32-39)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE DEMAND FOR SIGNS REBUKED Mark 8:1-21 Notice the Master's tender considerateness, Mark 8:1-9. He would not have the people faint on their way home. There are distinct differences between this mira...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This was the second miracle of feeding. Our Lord knew whence these people came, and was solicitous for them on their long journey home if they departed without food. The miracle was the result. The wa...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    FEEDING THE MULTITUDES AGAIN Matthew 15:32-38; Mark 8:1-9. “During these days [i.e., His sojourn in Decapolis], the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus, calling to Him...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS. CHRIST _is here described in feeding the people by a miracle. He giveth Sight to a blind man, and sweetly discourseth with his disciples._ IN days the multitude being very great, and having...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _HUMAN AGENCY AND GOD’S WORK_ ‘He asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.’ Mark 8:5 Why did Christ ask that question? He Who could change the water into wine by a wave of His han...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We shall find in chapter 8 another example of that which we have been noticing. Jesus leads the blind man out of the town. He does not forsake Israel wherever there is faith; but He separates the one...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. Ver. 5. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 15:34 _"_...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    Four thousand fed. Matthew 15:32-39....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The miracle:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND HE ASKED THEM, HOW MANY LOAVES HAVE YE? AND THEY SAID, SEVEN....

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    TITLE: Dinner on the ground TEXT: Mark 8:1-8 PROPOSITION: Jesus teaches us from this miracle. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Lessons SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Some will remember “preaching...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Our Lord Jesus encouraged the meanest to come to him for life and grace. Christ knows and considers our frames. The bounty of Christ is always ready; to show that, he repeated this miracle. His f...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MARK 8:1...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 8:5 G2532 asked G1905 (G5707) them G846 many G4214 loaves G740 have G2192 (G5719) And G11

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And he asked, “How many loaves have you?” And they said, “Seven”.' Jesus knew His disciples had some food and asked what loaves they had. The reply was ‘seven'. At this the ears of everyone who was l...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FEEDING OF FOUR THOUSAND MEN (8:1-10). In the light of Jesus' experience with the Syro-Phoenician woman this feeding is of huge significance and tremendous importance. It was not just a repetition...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Compare notes on Matthew 15:21-39. The miracle (Mark 7:32-37) is peculiar to Mark and of special interest....

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Mark 8:1-10. THE MIRACULOUS FEEDING OF FOUR THOUSAND. See on Matthew 15:32-39. The accounts are usually alike, agreeing almost word for word....

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 8:1 We have here I. A picture of the forsaken Church of Christ. (1) Much people were gathered round the Lord. Many are gathered round Him today. _Few,_if we think of the immense multitude of tho...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 8:5 Our Lord Jesus Christ, being about to work a miracle of omnipotent grace, first bids His disciples to count over their own little stores, to see what they have towards it; what they have, how...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Mark 8:1. In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now b...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: 4000 fed. Meaning of leaven explained. Blind man outside Bethsaida healed. Peter's confession of faith. The value of a soul. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Peter, disciples, Satan, blind man, Pharisees...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 8:10. _He came into the parts of Dalmanutha,_ situate beyond the Jordan, where Tiberias and Magdala were considerable towns. Mark 8:12. _There shall no sign be given to this generation. Matthew...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat._ CHRIST KNOWS AND SUPPLIES OUR NEED A little lad, during the American war, was his widowed mother’s comfort and joy. One day,...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MARK—NOTE ON MARK 8:5 SEVEN. See note on Matt. 15:34. ⇐ ⇔

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    MARK—NOTE ON MARK 8:1 The feeding of the 4,000 probably took place in Gentile territory. Jesus is the living bread for Gentiles as well as for Jews. ⇐...

  • The Gospels Compared

    JESUS FEEDS FOUR THOUSAND MATTHEW 15:32-39; MARK 8:1-10; MATTHEW 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples [_unto him_], and said, Mark 8:1 In

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 8 1 _Christ feedeth the people miraculously_ : 10 _refuses to give a sign to the Pharisees_ : 14 _admonisheth his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 8:1. THE MULTITUDE BEING VERY GREAT.—The MS. authority is pretty evenly divided between παμπόλλου as above, and πάλιν πόλλου, _there being again a great multitude...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 8:1, MARK 8:2 The opening words of the first verse seem to imply that our Lord remained for some time on this, the north-east, side of the Sea of Galilee. THE MULTITUDE BEING VERY GRE...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn now in our Bibles to Mark's gospel, chapter 8. Now, Mark has already told us how that Jesus fed five thousand men beside the women and children with five loaves and two fish. Now we find a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Luke 9:13; Mark 6:38; Matthew 14:15; Matthew 15:34...

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