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Mark 8:9

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8:9There were about four thousand6 who ate.7 Then he dismissed them.8

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Footnotes

  1. 6 The parallel in Matt 15:32–39 notes that the four thousand were only men, a point not made explicit in Mark.
  2. 7 The words “who ate” are not in the Greek text but have been supplied for clarity.
  3. 8 Mark 8:1–10. Many commentators, on the basis of similarities between this account of the feeding of the multitude (8:1–10) and that in 6:30–44, have argued that there is only one event referred to in both passages. While there are similarities in language and in the response of the disciples, there are also noticeable differences, including the different number present on each occasion (i.e., 5,000 in chap. 6 and 4,000 here). In the final analysis, the fact that Jesus refers to two distinct feedings in 8:18–20 settles the issue; this passage represents another very similar incident to that recorded in 6:30–44.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And there were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

About four thousand were there. He dismissed them.

NLTNew Living Translation

There were about 4,000 men in the crowd that day, and Jesus sent them home after they had eaten.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now there were about four thousand. And he sent them away.

KJV 1900King James Version

And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.