And they did all eat, and were filled ( ἐχορτάσθησαν, Matthew 5:6, note). And they. Undefined, but seen from Matthew 16:9; John 6:12, to have been the disciples. Took up of the fragments that remained; that which remained over of the broken pieces (Revised Version); i.
e. of the pieces broken by our Lord for distribution (John 6:19). Twelve baskets full. The disciples personally lost nothing by the miracle (John 6:15, note), the provision basket that each always carried was now replenished.
Baskets; "cofyns" (Wickliffe); κοφίνους (cf. Luke 9:17, note; and the Talmudic saying, "He that has bread in his basket is not like him that has not bread in his basket," Talm. Bab., 'Yoma,' 74b).