Mark 8:19

19 When I broke the five loves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? They say to him: Twelve.

Mark 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:19

When I brake the five loaves among five thousand
This, with what follows, chiefly regards the last question:

how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?
do not you remember? have you forgot what was so lately done? surely you cannot:

they say unto him, twelve.
Their memories were hereby refreshed, and they call to mind the exact number of the baskets of fragments that were taken up, which were above double the number of the loaves, the multitude were fed with.

Mark 8:19 In-Context

17 Which Jesus knowing, saith to them: Why do you reason, because you have no bread? Do you not yet know nor understand? Have you still your heart blinded?

18 Having eyes, see you not? And having ears, hear you not? Neither do you remember?

19 When I broke the five loves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? They say to him: Twelve.

20 When also the seven loaves among four thousand, how many baskets of fragments took you up? And they say to him: Seven.

21 And he said to them: How do you not yet understand?