Mark 8:19

19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? They say unto him, Twelve.

Mark 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:19

When I brake the five loaves among five thousand
This, with what follows, chiefly regards the last question:

how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?
do not you remember? have you forgot what was so lately done? surely you cannot:

they say unto him, twelve.
Their memories were hereby refreshed, and they call to mind the exact number of the baskets of fragments that were taken up, which were above double the number of the loaves, the multitude were fed with.

Mark 8:19 In-Context

17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye , because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand ? have ye your heart yet hardened ?

18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember ?

19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? They say unto him, Twelve.

20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? And they said , Seven.

21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand ?