44 The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.

Other Translations of Mark 6:44

King James Version

44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

English Standard Version

44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

The Message

44 More than five thousand were at the supper.

New King James Version

44 Now those who had eaten the loaves were about five thousand men.

New Living Translation

44 A total of 5,000 men and their families were fed.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 6:44

Commentary on Mark 6:30-44

(Read Mark 6:30-44)

Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils of others of his disciples, and provides rest for those that are tired, and refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of Christ's word, and then he took care that they should not want bodily food. If Christ and his disciples put up with mean things, surely we may. And this miracle shows that Christ came into the world, not only to restore, but to preserve and nourish spiritual life; in him there is enough for all that come. None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves. Though Christ had bread enough at command, he teaches us not to waste any of God's bounties, remembering how many are in want. We may, some time, need the fragments that we now throw away.