Brake and gave [κ α τ ε κ λ α σ ε ν, ε δ ι δ ο υ]. The verbs are in different tenses; the former in the aorist, the latter in the imperfect. The aorist implies the instantaneous, the imperfect the continuous act. He brake, and kept giving out. Farrar remarks that the multiplication evidently took place in Christ's hands, between the acts of breaking and distributing.

All. Peculiar to Mark.

Were filled. See on Matthew 5:6.

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