Luke 9:17

17 and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

Luke 9:17 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:17

And they did eat, and were all filled
Every one had a part, and enough:

and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them, twelve
baskets; (See Gill on Matthew 14:20).

Luke 9:17 In-Context

15 and they did so, and made all to recline;

16 and having taken the five loaves, and the two fishes, having looked up to the heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and was giving to the disciples to set before the multitude;

17 and they did eat, and were all filled, and there was taken up what was over to them of broken pieces, twelve baskets.

18 And it came to pass, as he is praying alone, the disciples were with him, and he questioned them, saying, `Who do the multitudes say me to be?'

19 And they answering said, `John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'