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The Feeding of the Four Thousand

Mark 8:7

In 9 translations

BSB
They also had a few small fish, and Jesus blessed them and ordered that these be set before them as well.
KJV
And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them.
WEB
They also had a few small fish. Having blessed them, he said to serve these also.
ASV
And they had a few small fishes: and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them.
LSV
And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, He said to set them also before [them];
YLT
And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed, he said to set them also before [them];
DBY
And they had a few small fishes, and having blessed them, he desired these also to be set before [them].
DRC
And they had a few little fishes; and he blessed them, and commanded them to be set before them.
GNV
They had also a few small fishes: and when he had giuen thankes, he commanded them also to be set before them.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ταῦτα (“these”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐτά (“them”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read παρατιθέναι (“to be set before [them]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read παραθεῖναι (“to be set before [them]”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
  • Spelling of εἶχον: Tyndale House, Westcott–Hort: εἶχαν.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles include αὐτὰ (“them”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text do not include this wording.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place καὶ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: αὐτὰ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτὰ; Robinson–Pierpont omit this wording.
  • SBLGNT: καὶ ταῦτα παρατιθέναι. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ ταῦτα παρατιθέναι; Robinson–Pierpont read παραθεῖναι καὶ αὐτά.

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Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ εἶχον ἰχθύδια ὀλίγα· καὶ εὐλογήσας αὐτὰ εἶπεν καὶ ταῦτα παρατιθέναι.
RP2018
Καὶ εἶχον ἰχθύδια ὀλίγα· καὶ εὐλογήσας εἶπεν παραθεῖναι καὶ αὐτά.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ εἶχον ἰχθύδια ὀλίγα· καὶ εὐλογήσας εἶπε παραθεῖναι καὶ αὐτά.
SCR1894
και ειχον ιχθυδια ολιγα και ευλογησας ειπεν παραθειναι και αυτα

Who and where

◆ Feeding of Four Thousand

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 14:19And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples…
  • Luke 6:41Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
  • John 21:5So He called out to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” “No,” they answered.
  • John 21:8–9The other disciples came ashore in the boat. They dragged in the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards. When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it, and some…
  • Luke 24:41–42While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish,

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