Mark 8:20

20 "And when the seven for the 4,000, how many hampers full of portions did you take away?" "Seven," they answered.

Mark 8:20 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:20

And when the seven among four thousand
That is, when seven loaves were broken among four thousand men,

how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?
this surely you must remember, it being so recent an action, but just done, as it were:

and they said, seven;
for this, as yet, could not have slipped their memories; though they had, been reasoning among themselves because of their straitness of provisions, as if these things had never been done.

Mark 8:20 In-Context

18 You have eyes! can you not see? You have ears! can you not hear? and have you no memory?
19 When I broke up the five loaves for the 5,000 men, how many baskets did you carry away full of broken portions?" "Twelve," they said.
20 "And when the seven for the 4,000, how many hampers full of portions did you take away?" "Seven," they answered.
21 "Do you not yet understand?" He said.
22 And they came to Bethsaida. And a blind man was brought to Jesus and they entreated Him to touch him.
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