Matthew 14:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

And they did all eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained, twelue 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 But Iesus knowing it, saide vnto them, O ye of litle faith, why reason you thus among your selues, because ye haue brought no bread? 9 Doe ye not yet perceiue, neither remember the fiue loaues, when there were fiue thousand men, and how many baskets tooke ye vp? 10 Neither the seuen loaues when there were foure thousande men, and howe many baskets tooke ye vp?
• Mark 6:42-44 : 42 So they did all eate, and were satisfied. 43 And they tooke vp twelue baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that had eaten, were about fiue thousand men.
• Mark 8:8-9 : 8 So they did eate, and were sufficed, and they tooke vp of the broken meate that was left, seuen baskets full. 9 (And they that had eaten, were about foure thousand) so he sent them away.
• Luke 1:53 : 53 Hee hath filled the hungrie with good things, and sent away the rich emptie.
• Luke 9:17 : 17 So they did all eate, and were satisfied: and there was taken vp of that remained to them, twelue baskets full of broken meate.
• John 6:7 : 7 Philippe answered him, Two hundreth penie worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that euery one of them may take a litle.
• John 6:11-14 : 11 And Iesus tooke the bread, & gaue thanks, & gaue to the disciples, and the disciples, to them that were set downe: and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. 12 And when they were satisfied, he said vnto his disciples, Gather vp the broken meat which remaineth, that nothing be lost. 13 Then they gathered it together, and filled twelue baskets with the broken meat of the fiue barly loaues, which remained vnto them that had eaten. 14 Then the men, when they had seene the miracle that Iesus did, saide, This is of a trueth that Prophet that should come into the world.
• Mark 8:16-21 : 16 And they reasoned among themselues, saying, It is, because we haue no bread. 17 And when Iesus knew it, he said vnto them, Why reason you thus, because ye haue no bread? perceiue ye not yet, neither vnderstande? haue ye your hearts yet hardened? 18 Haue yee eyes, and see not? and haue yee eares, and heare not? and doe ye not remember? 19 When I brake the fiue loaues among fiue thousand, how many baskets full of broken meate tooke ye vp? They said vnto him, Twelue. 20 And when I brake seuen among foure thousande, howe many baskets of the leauings of broken meate tooke ye vp? And they said, Seuen. 21 Then he saide vnto them, Howe is it that ye vnderstand not?
• Exod 16:8 : 8 Againe Moses sayd, At euen shal the Lord giue you flesh to eate, and in the morning your fil of bread: for the Lorde hath heard your murmurings, which ye murmure against him: for what are we? Your murmurings are not against vs, but against the Lord.
• Exod 16:12 : 12 I haue heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: tell them therefore, & say, At euen ye shal eate flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread, and ye shall knowe that I am the Lord your God)
• Lev 26:26 : 26 When I shall breake the staffe of your bread, then ten women shal bake your breade in one ouen, & they shal deliuer your bread againe by weight, and ye shall eate, but not be satisfied.
• 1 Kgs 17:12-16 : 12 And shee sayde, As the Lorde thy God liueth, I haue not a cake, but euen an handfull of meale in a barrel, and a litle oyle in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering a fewe stickes for to go in, and dresse it for me and my sonne, that we may eate it, and dye. 13 And Eliiah said vnto her, Feare not, come, do as thou hast sayd, but make me thereof a litle cake first of all, and bring it vnto mee, and afterward make for thee, and thy sonne. 14 For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The meale in the barrel shall not be wasted, neither shal the oyle in the cruse be diminished, vnto the time that the Lord send rayne vpon the earth. 15 So she went, and did as Eliiah sayd, and she did eate: so did he and her house for a certaine time. 16 The barrell of the meale wasted not, nor the oyle was spent out of the cruse, according to the worde of the Lorde, which he spake by the hand of Eliiah.
• 2 Kgs 4:1-7 : 1 And one of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets cryed vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant mine husbande is dead, and thou knowest, that thy seruant did feare the Lord: and the creditour is come to take my two sonnes to bee his bondmen. 2 Then Elisha saide vnto her, What shall I do for thee? tell mee, what hast thou at home? And she sayd, Thine handmayd hath nothing at home, saue a pitcher of oyle. 3 And he sayde, Goe, and borowe thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, emptie vessels, and spare not. 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the doore vpon thee and vpon thy sonnes, and powre out into all those vessels, & set aside those that are full. 5 So shee departed from him, and shut the doore vpon her, and vpon her sonnes; they brought to her, and she powred out. 6 And when the vessels were full, shee sayde vnto her sonne, Bring mee yet a vessel; hee said vnto her, There is no moe vessels; the oyle ceased. 7 Then shee came and tolde the man of God; he saide, Goe, and sell the oyle, and pay them that thou art in det vnto, and liue thou and thy children of the rest.
• 2 Kgs 4:43-44 : 43 And his seruant answered, How shoulde I set this before an hundreth men? He sayd againe, Giue it vnto the people, that they may eate: for thus sayth the Lorde, They shall eate, and there shall remaine. 44 So he set it before them, and they did eate, and left ouer, according to the word of the Lord.
• Prov 13:25 : 25 The righteous eateth to the contentation of his minde: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
• Ezek 4:14-16 : 14 Then said I, Ah, Lord God, beholde, my soule hath not bene polluted: for from my youth vp, euen vnto this houre, I haue not eaten of a thing dead, or torne in pieces, neither came there any vncleane flesh in my mouth. 15 Then he said vnto me, Loe, I haue giuen thee bullockes dongue for mans dongue, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. 16 Moreouer, he said vnto me, Sonne of man, beholde, I will breake the staffe of bread in Ierusalem, and they shall eate bread by weight, and with care, and they shal drinke water by measure, and with astonishment.
• Hag 1:6 : 6 Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.
• Matt 5:6 : 6 Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righteousnes: for they shalbe filled.
• Matt 15:33 : 33 And his disciples saide vnto him, Whence should we get so much bread in the wildernes, as should suffice so great a multitude!
• Matt 15:37-38 : 37 And they did all eate, and were sufficed: and they tooke vp of the fragments that remained, seuen baskets full. 38 And they that had eaten, were foure thousand men, beside women, and litle children.