Luke 9:17

17 So they ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.

Luke 9:17 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:17

And they did eat, and were all filled
Every one had a part, and enough:

and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve
baskets; (See Gill on Matthew 14:20).

Luke 9:17 In-Context

15 They did so, making them all, without exception, sit down.

16 Then He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to Heaven He blessed them and broke them into portions which He gave to the disciples to distribute to the people.

17 So they ate and were fully satisfied, all of them; and what they had remaining over was gathered up, twelve baskets of fragments.

18 One day when He was praying by Himself the disciples were present; and He asked them, "Who do the people say that I am?"

19 "John the Baptist," they replied; "but others say Elijah; and others that some one of the ancient Prophets has come back to life."