Mark 6:44

44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

Mark 6:44 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:44

And they that did eat of the loaves
And also of the fishes; for they all ate of both;

were about five thousand men;
the word (wsei) , "about", is omitted in the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Persic and Ethiopic versions, reading five thousand men certain. The Evangelist Matthew adds, "beside children and women", ( Matthew 14:21 ) .

Mark 6:44 In-Context

42 And they all ate and were satisfied.

43 And they picked up the broken pieces, twelve baskets full, and of the fish.

44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

45 And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself dismissed the crowd.

46 And [after he] had said farewell to them, he went away to the mountain to pray.