King James Version
Mark 6:38 in the King James Version says “He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.”
Mark 6:38 · KJV
Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? pennyworth: the Roman penny is sevenpence halfpenny
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
And they sat down in ranks , by hundreds, and by fifties.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“He saith”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“unto them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“How many”
G4214interrogative pronoun (of amount) how much (large, long or (plural) many)
“have ye”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
“go”
G5217to lead (oneself) under, i.e., withdraw or retire (as if sinking out of sight), literally or figuratively
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“see”
G1492used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent g3700 and g3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by impl
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“when they knew”
G1097to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
“He saith”
G3004properly, to "lay" forth, i.e., (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas g2036 and g5346 generally refer to an
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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