King James Version
Matthew 14:20 in the King James Version says “And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.” — study this verse from Matthew chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.”
Matthew 14:20 · KJV
He said, Bring them hither to me.
And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
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)
“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
“that remained”
G4052to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel
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