Markos 6:44

44 And those who had eaten the loaves numbered chamesh elafim (five thousand).

Markos 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 ) .

Markos 6:44 In-Context

42 And everyone ate, and they were satisfied.

43 And they picked up shirayim (Rebbe’s remainders), shneym asar (twelve) baskets full, and from the dagim.

44 And those who had eaten the loaves numbered chamesh elafim (five thousand).

45 And ofen ort Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach compelled his talmidim to embark into the sirah (boat) and to go before [him] to the other side to Beit-Tzaidah, while he dismisses the multitude.

46 And with a Shalom farewell to them, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach departed to the mountain to daven.