John Gill's Exposition on Mark 8:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they had a few small fishes, etc..] Which they also acquainted Christ with, and brought out unto him: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before [them]. It looks, by this account, as if the fishes were blessed, and brake, and distributed separately, alter the blessing, breaking, and distribution of the bread; and so the Syriac version renders it, “upon whom also he blessed”; and the Persic thus, “and he also blessed the fishes”; but, according to Matthew they were both blessed, and brake, and distributed together, as it is highly reasonable to suppose they were both ate together; (see Gill on “<401536>Matthew 15:36”).

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