Mark 8:7

7 And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before [them].

Mark 8:7 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:7

And they had a few small fishes
Which they also acquainted Christ with, and brought out unto him:

and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before [them].
It looks, by this account, as if the fishes were blessed, and brake, and distributed separately, alter the blessing, breaking, and distribution of the bread; and so the Syriac version renders it, "upon whom also he blessed"; and the Persic thus, "and he also blessed the fishes"; but, according to Matthew they were both blessed, and brake, and distributed together, as it is highly reasonable to suppose they were both ate together; (See Gill on Matthew 15:36).

Mark 8:7 In-Context

5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

6 And he commanded the crowd to sit down on the ground. And having taken the seven loaves, he gave thanks, and broke [them] and gave [them] to his disciples, that they might set [them] before [them]; and they set [them] before the crowd.

7 And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before [them].

8 And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up of fragments that remained seven baskets.

9 And they [that had eaten] were about four thousand; and he sent them away.