Mark 6:44
Mark 6:44 Meaning and Explanation
“And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.”
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What Does Mark 6:44 Mean?
Mark closes the account with the count: about five thousand men, reckoned in the manner of the time by the men present, so the full company with women and children was greater still. Five loaves have fed a small city.
The number is stated plainly, the way eyewitnesses report facts. Scripture is unembarrassed by the scale of the wonder because the Lord of the harvest is unembarrassed by need. The God who numbers the stars also numbers the fed, and no multitude is too large for his table.
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What does Mark 6:44 mean?
About five thousand men ate of the loaves.