Matthew 14:20

American Standard Version (1901)

And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ ἔφαγον πάντες, καὶ ἐχορτάσθησαν: καὶ ἦραν τὸ περισσεῦον τῶν κλασμάτων δώδεκα κοφίνους πλήρεις.

Transliteration

And ephagon all, and echortasthēsan: and ēran the perisseuon of the klasmatōn twelve kophinous plēreis.

Grammar Details

• *ephagon*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural - they ate
• *echortasthēsan*: aorist, passive, indicative, 3rd person plural - they were satisfied
• *ēran*: aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person plural - they took up
• *perisseuon*: present, active, participle, accusative, neuter, singular - remaining over
• *klasmatōn*: genitive, neuter, plural - fragments/broken pieces
• *kophinous*: accusative, masculine, plural - baskets
• *plēreis*: accusative, masculine, plural - full

Word Meanings

• *ephagon*: they ate/consumed
• *echortasthēsan*: they were satisfied/filled/had enough
• *perisseuon*: remaining over/surplus/leftover
• *klasmatōn*: fragments/broken pieces/pieces
• *kophinous*: baskets/containers

Referenced Verses

• Matt 16:8-9 : 8 And Jesus perceiving it said, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have no bread? 9 Do ye not yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
• Mark 6:42-44 : 42 And they all ate, and were filled. 43 And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes. 44 And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.
• Mark 8:8-9 : 8 And they ate, and were filled: and they took up, of broken pieces that remained over, seven baskets. 9 And they were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
• Luke 1:53 : 53 The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.
• Luke 9:17 : 17 And they ate, and were all filled: and there was taken up that which remained over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.
• John 6:7 : 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred shillings' worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one may take a little.
• John 6:11-14 : 11 Jesus therefore took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down; likewise also of the fishes as much as they would. 12 And when they were filled, he saith unto his disciples, Gather up the broken pieces which remain over, that nothing be lost. 13 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which remained over unto them that had eaten. 14 When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.
• Mark 8:16-21 : 16 And they reasoned one with another, saying, We have no bread. 17 And Jesus perceiving it saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? do ye not yet perceive, neither understand? have ye your heart hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 20 And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven. 21 And he said unto them, Do ye not yet understand?
• Exod 16:8 : 8 And Moses said, [This shall be], when Jehovah shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that Jehovah heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.
• Exod 16:12 : 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.
• Lev 26:26 : 26 When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
• 1 Kgs 17:12-16 : 12 And she said, As Jehovah thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in the jar, and a little oil in the cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said; but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it forth unto me, and afterward make for thee and for thy son. 14 For thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, The jar of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that Jehovah sendeth rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat [many] days. 16 The jar of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by Elijah.
• 2 Kgs 4:1-7 : 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons; they brought [the vessels] to her, and she poured out. 6 And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.
• 2 Kgs 4:43-44 : 43 And his servant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 44 So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.
• Prov 13:25 : 25 The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want.
• Ezek 4:14-16 : 14 Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. 15 Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon. 16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
• Hag 1:6 : 6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.
• Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
• Matt 15:33 : 33 And the disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so many loaves in a desert place as to fill so great a multitude?
• Matt 15:37-38 : 37 And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full. 38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, besides women and children.