Mark 6:42

42 They all ate as much as they wanted,

Mark 6:42 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:42

And they did all eat, and were filled.
] (See Gill on Matthew 14:20).

Mark 6:42 In-Context

40 They sat down in groups of fifty or a hundred.

41 Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and, looking up toward heaven, made a b'rakhah. Next he broke up the loaves and began giving them to the talmidim to distribute. He also divided up the two fish among them all.

42 They all ate as much as they wanted,

43 and they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces and fish.

44 Those who ate the loaves numbered five thousand men.