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Mark 8

Mark 8:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
they did eat
phago (Greek #5315)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: eat, meat.
Pronounce: fag'-o
Origin: a primary verb (used as an alternate of 2068 in certain tenses)
, and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
werel filled
chortazo (Greek #5526)
to fodder, i.e. (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance)
KJV usage: feed, fill, satisfy.
Pronounce: khor-tad'-zo
Origin: from 5528
: and
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
theym took up
airo (Greek #142)
to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e. weigh anchor); by Hebraism (compare 05375) to expiate sin
KJV usage: away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
Pronounce: ah'-ee-ro
Origin: a primary root
of the broken
klasma (Greek #2801)
a piece (bit)
KJV usage: broken, fragment.
Pronounce: klas'-mah
Origin: from 2806
meat that was left
perisseuma (Greek #4051)
a surplus, or superabundance
KJV usage: abundance, that was left, over and above.
Pronounce: per-is'-syoo-mah
Origin: from 4052
seven
hepta (Greek #2033)
seven
KJV usage: seven.
Pronounce: hep-tah'
Origin: a primary number
baskets
spuris (Greek #4711)
a hamper or lunch-receptacle
KJV usage: basket.
Pronounce: spoo-rece'
Origin: from 4687 (as woven)
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Psa. 107:5‑6• 5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them:
 6Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses, (Psa. 107:5‑6)
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Psa. 145:16• 16Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. (Psa. 145:16)
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1 Kings 17:14‑16• 14For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: The meal in the barrel shall not waste, neither shall the oil in the cruse fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the face of the earth!
 15And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.
 16The meal in the barrel did not waste, neither did the oil in the cruse fail, according to the word of Jehovah which he had spoken through Elijah. (1 Kings 17:14‑16)
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2 Kings 4:2‑7,42‑44• 2And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid has not anything at all in the house but a pot of oil.
 3And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
 4and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.
 5And she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons: they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.
 6And it came to pass when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
 7And she came and told the man of God; and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons on the rest.
 42And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.
 43And his attendant said, How shall I set this before a hundred men? And he said, Give the people that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah: They shall eat, and shall have to spare.
 44And he set it before them, and they ate and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah. (2 Kings 4:2‑7,42‑44)

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Ministry on This Verse

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and were.This was another incontestable miracle--four thousand men, besides women and children, (Mt 15:28,) fed with seven loaves (or rather cakes) and a few small fishes!
Here there must have been a manifest creation of substance--for, they all ate, and were filled.
Mark 8:19‑20• 19When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many hand-baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say to him, Twelve.
 20And when the seven for the four thousand, the filling of how many baskets of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. (Mark 8:19‑20)
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Psa. 107:8‑9• 8Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
 9For he hath satisfied the longing soul and filled the hungry soul with good. (Psa. 107:8‑9)
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Psa. 145:16• 16Thou openest thy hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. (Psa. 145:16)
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Matt. 16:10• 10nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? (Matt. 16:10)
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Luke 1:53• 53He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty. (Luke 1:53)
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John 6:11‑13,27,32‑35,47‑58• 11And Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks, distributed them to those that were set down; and in like manner of the small fishes as much as they would.
 12And when they had been filled, he says to his disciples, Gather together the fragments which are over and above, that nothing may be lost.
 13They gathered them therefore together, and filled twelve hand-baskets full of fragments of the five barley loaves, which were over and above to those that had eaten.
 27Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, even God.
 32Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, It is not Moses that has given you the bread out of heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
 33For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
 34They said therefore to him, Lord, ever give to us this bread.
 35And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst at any time.
 47Verily, verily, I say to you, He that believes on me has life eternal.
 48I am the bread of life.
 49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and died.
 50This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
 51I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven: if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
 52The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?
 53Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man, and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
 54He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:
 55for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink.
 56He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.
 57As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, *he* also who eats me shall live also on account of me.
 58This is the bread which has come down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live for ever. (John 6:11‑13,27,32‑35,47‑58)
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Rev. 7:16‑17• 16They shall not hunger any more, neither shall they thirst any more, nor shall the sun at all fall on them, nor any burning heat;
 17because the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall shepherd them, and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:16‑17)
they took.
1 Kings 17:14‑16• 14For thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: The meal in the barrel shall not waste, neither shall the oil in the cruse fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the face of the earth!
 15And she went and did according to the word of Elijah; and she, and he, and her house, ate a whole year.
 16The meal in the barrel did not waste, neither did the oil in the cruse fail, according to the word of Jehovah which he had spoken through Elijah. (1 Kings 17:14‑16)
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2 Kings 4:2‑7,42‑44• 2And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for thee? Tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid has not anything at all in the house but a pot of oil.
 3And he said, Go, borrow for thyself vessels abroad from all thy neighbours, empty vessels; let it not be few;
 4and go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels, and set aside what is full.
 5And she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons: they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out.
 6And it came to pass when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
 7And she came and told the man of God; and he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons on the rest.
 42And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people that they may eat.
 43And his attendant said, How shall I set this before a hundred men? And he said, Give the people that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah: They shall eat, and shall have to spare.
 44And he set it before them, and they ate and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah. (2 Kings 4:2‑7,42‑44)
• The number seven1 has always the force of superhuman perfection-that which is complete...It is that intervention of God which is unwearied and which is according to His own power, which it is the principal object of the repetition of the miracle to display. (“Mark 8” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And they ate and were satisfied. And they took up of fragments that remained seven baskets.

W. Kelly Translation

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And they ate and were satisfied, and they took up of the fragments that remained seven hampers.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)