Mark 8:7

7 And they also had a few small fishes; and he blessed them and commanded to set them also 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 multitude to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves and having given thanks, he broke them and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.

7 And they also had a few small fishes; and he blessed them and commanded to set them also before them.

8 So they ate and were filled; and they took up of the broken food that was left seven baskets.

9 And those that had eaten were about four thousand; and he dispatched them.