Mark 8:19 Cross References - JMNT

¹⁹ "When I broke the five loaves of bread into (or: for the situation of) the five thousand men, how many wicker hand-baskets full of fragments (broken pieces) did you men pick up?" They are then saying to Him, "Twelve."

¹⁷ Yet they, in turn, were saying to Him, "At present we have nothing here! – except five loaves of bread, and two fishes." ¹⁸ So He said, "Proceed in bringing them here, to Me." ¹⁹ And then, after directing the crowds to lie back (or: recline) upon the grass and vegetation, upon taking (or: receiving) the five loaves of bread and the two fishes, while looking up into heaven (or: the atmosphere; the sky) He spoke words of wellness and blessing. And then, braking [them] in pieces, He gave the loaves (or: cakes) of bread to the disciples, and the disciples [gave them] to the crowds. ²⁰ So they all ate, and were satisfied (like cattle or sheep being fed in a pasture until full). Then they took up the surplus (the excess; the leftovers) of the broken pieces: twelve wicker hand-baskets full! [note: the disciples now had provisions for themselves – for meals the following days? – beyond the original five loaves, where before they considered themselves to "have nothing"] ²¹ Now those eating were about five thousand adult males – apart from women and little children.

³⁸ But He now says to them, "How many loaves of bread do you folks presently have? Go and see." And so, coming to know (= when they found out), they are then saying, "Five, plus two fishes." ³⁹ So He gave instructions to them, arranging for everyone to recline (lie back) upon the green grass, in groups for [eating and] drinking together (or: mess-party by mess-party; company by company). ⁴⁰ And so they fell back (= laid back or reclined) plot by plot (or: similar to garden beds) [in groups] by hundreds and by fifties. [comment: = an organized mass of people] ⁴¹ Then receiving and taking the five loaves of bread and the two fishes, He, while looking up into the heaven (or: the sky and atmosphere), He spoke words of wellness and ease (or: He blessed) and broke down the loaves (or: cakes) into pieces and began giving [them] to the [other: MSS add: His] disciples so that they could place [them] beside the people. And the two fishes He parted and divided to all (or: for and among everyone). ⁴² So they all ate and were fed (literally: pastured) until satisfied (or: gorged). ⁴³ Then they [i.e., the disciples] picked up [the] fragments ([left over] results of the breaking the loaves into pieces) – twelve wicker food baskets filled full – as well as from the fishes. ⁴⁴ Now those then eating the loaves of bread were (= numbered) five thousand males (or: men).

¹² Now the day started to be progressively declining (or: leaning and sloping down; = coming to a close), so upon approaching, the twelve said to Him, "Loose-away (Release; Dismiss) the crowd so that they, after going on their way into the villages and fields round about, can (or: may) loosen-down (= relax, camp or procure lodging) and should find food and provisions, because we are in a desolate (uninhabited; desert) place here." ¹³ Yet He said to them, "You yourselves give them [something] to eat." But they said, "There are not with (or: for) us more than five loaves of bread and two fishes – unless perhaps, upon going our way we could at a marketplace buy food [to dispense] into all these people." You see, there were about five thousand adult men. ¹⁴ So He says to His disciples, "Make them recline in groups of up to about fifty, in situations for a meal." ¹⁵ And then they did [it] in that way, and had them all recline for a meal. ¹⁶ Now after taking (or: receiving) the five loaves and the two fishes [and] looking up into the sky (or: the atmosphere; the heaven), He spoke words of blessing and well-being on them, then completely broke [them] down into pieces and began giving [them] to the disciples to set beside the crowd. ¹⁷ And so they all ate and were filled to being satisfied. Then the surplus was picked up by them: twelve hand-baskets of fragments (results of the breaking into pieces).

⁵ Then, lifting up His eyes and observing that a large crowd was progressively coming toward Him, Jesus then says to Philip, "From what place may we purchase loaves of bread so that these folks may eat?" ⁶ – Now he was saying this in process of testing him (putting him to the proof; [note: the verb can also mean: to attempt; to try something. Was Jesus perhaps here “teasing” Philip?]), for He had seen, and thus knew what He was being about to progressively do – ⁷ Philip considered and answered Him, "Two hundred denarii [note: a denarius = a day’s pay for a laborer, thus = about eight months’ wages] worth of loaves are not continuing adequate (enough; sufficient) so that each one might receive (get; take) a little (a short piece)." ⁸ One of His disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, then says to Him, ⁹ "There is a young lad (little boy; young fellow; or: servant; or: lass; young woman) here who presently has five loaves of barley bread, and two small cooked (or: dried) fishes, but what are these unto (or: for) so many?" ¹⁰ Jesus says, "You guys make the people recline back, as at a meal." – Now there was a lot of grass and plants in the area (or: the place) – Therefore the adult men reclined back, about five thousand in number. ¹¹ Then Jesus took the loaves and, expressing gratitude (giving thanks; or: speaking well-being, favor and grace), He distributes [it] to those presently lying back. Likewise, also from out of the small cooked fishes – as much as they wanted. ¹² Now as they are being filled within and satisfied, He then says to His disciples, "Gather together (or: Collect) the excessive abundance of broken pieces (fragments; or: crumbs), to the end that nothing may be lost." ¹³ Therefore, they gathered (or: collected) [them] together and filled twelve wicker baskets of broken pieces (fragments; or: crumbs) from out of the five loaves of barley bread which were over-abounded to the folks having eaten.