Mark 6:44

44 καὶ ἦσαν οἱ φαγόντες τοὺς ἄρτους ⸃ πεντακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες.

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 καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν ·

43 καὶ ἦραν κλάσματα δώδεκα κοφίνων πληρώματα ⸃ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἰχθύων.

44 καὶ ἦσαν οἱ φαγόντες τοὺς ἄρτους ⸃ πεντακισχίλιοι ἄνδρες.

45 Καὶ εὐθὺς ἠνάγκασεν τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἐμβῆναι εἰς τὸ πλοῖον καὶ προάγειν εἰς τὸ πέραν ⸃ πρὸς Βηθσαϊδάν, ἕως αὐτὸς ἀπολύει τὸν ὄχλον.

46 καὶ ἀποταξάμενος αὐτοῖς ἀπῆλθεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος προσεύξασθαι.