A.T. Robertson Commentary Mark 6:44

"And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men." — Mark 6:44 (ASV)

Men (ανδρες). Men as different from women as in Mt 14:21. This remarkable miracle is recorded by all Four Gospels, a nature miracle that only God can work. No talk about accelerating natural processes will explain this miracle. And three eyewitnesses report it: the Logia of Matthew, the eyes of Peter in Mark, the witness of John the Beloved Disciple (Gould). The evidence is overwhelming.