Mark 6:41

and blessed The words, though not given, were probably those of the ordinary grace before meat in use in Israel. "He gives thanks to God, as the father surrounded by his household was on the occasion of the Passover wont to do, for His natural gifts and covenant blessings. This action is made almost equally prominent in each of the four Narratives, and after the thanksgiving, He distributed the food, as the father was accustomed to do at the Paschal meal." See note on Mark 14:16.

and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples The first of these words denotes an instantaneous, the second a continuousact. The multiplication of the loaves and fishes had a beginning and went on in the hands of Christ between the acts of breaking and distributing the bread. Comp. 2 Kings 4:42-44.