And they did all eat, and were filled.
Parallel translations
- WEB They all ate, and were filled.
- BSB They all ate and were satisfied,
- NKJV So they all ate and were filled.
- NASB And they all ate and were satisfied;
- NLT They all ate as much as they wanted,
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Quick answer
Everyone ate and was satisfied. The miracle fully met the people's need, displaying Christ's abundant provision.
Overview
Not merely a token, the meal left the whole multitude filled. The complete satisfaction of thousands testifies to the reality and sufficiency of Jesus' provision. It foreshadows the deeper satisfaction He gives to all who come to Him, for whoever feeds on Him will never hunger (John 6:35).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Mark 8:8–9So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
- Luke 9:17And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
- John 6:12When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
- Matt 15:37–38And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
- Matt 14:20–21And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
- 2 Kgs 4:42–44And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
- Deut 8:3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
- Ps 145:15–16The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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