King James Version
Mark 6:44 in the King James Version says “And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.” — study this verse from Mark chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.”
Mark 6:44 · KJV
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
And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray.
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“And”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
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