Mark 6:43

Mark 6:43. Among the many peculiarities of the various accounts of this miracle and the similar one (Matthew 15:32-39; Mark 8:1-9), none are more remarkable than the variety of expressions used to tell of what was gathered by the disciples. Among the six accounts no two are precisely alike. It is impossible to reproduce the dissimilarity.

And of the fishes. This also is peculiar to Mark, the conclusion of the previous statement (Mark 6:41). What remained of the fishes was probably included in the contents of the twelve baskets, although John seems to limit these to the fragments of the loaves.