King James Version
Mark 6:42 in the King James Version says “And they did all eat, and were filled.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And they did all eat, and were filled.”
Mark 6:42 · KJV
And they sat down in ranks , by hundreds, and by fifties.
And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
And they did all eat, and were filled.
And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“were filled”
G5526to fodder, i.e., (generally) to gorge (supply food in abundance)
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