Mark 6:44

44 And they that ate were about fyve 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 dyd eate and were satisfied.

43 And they toke vp twelve baskettesfull of the gobbettes and of ye fysshes.

44 And they that ate were about fyve thousand men.

45 And streyght waye he caused his disciples to goo into the shipe and to goo over the water before vnto Bethsaida whyll he sent awaye the people.

46 And assone as he had sent them away he departed into a moutayne to praye.