Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:42
42. And they did all eat, and were filled—All the four Evangelists mention this: and John ( :-) adds, "and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would"—to show that vast as was the multitude, and scanty the provisions, the meal to each and all of them was a plentiful one. "When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost" ( :-). This was designed to bring out the whole extent of the miracle. read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:41
41. And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven—Thus would the most distant of them see distinctly what He was doing. and blessed—John ( :-) says, "And when he had given thanks." The sense is the same. This thanksgiving for the meal, and benediction of it as the food of thousands, was the crisis of the miracle. and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them—thus virtually holding forth these men as His future ministers. and the two... read more