King James Version
Mark 6:43 in the King James Version says “And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.”
Mark 6:43 · KJV
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.
And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. unto: or, over against Bethsaida
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“they took up”
G142to lift up; by implication, to take up or away; figuratively, to raise (the voice), keep in suspense (the mind), specially, to sail away (i.e., weigh
“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“of”
G575"off," i.e., away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative)
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