Mark 8:20

20 "Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?" And they said, "Seven."

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 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?
19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you take up?" They said to Him, "Twelve."
20 "Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of fragments did you take up?" And they said, "Seven."
21 So He said to them, "How is it you do not understand?"
22 Then He came to Bethsaida; and they brought a blind man to Him, and begged Him to touch him.
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