John Gill Commentary Mark 8:20

"And when the seven among the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces took ye up? And they say unto him, Seven." — Mark 8:20 (ASV)

And when the seven among four thousand

That is, when seven loaves were broken among four thousand men.

how many baskets full of fragments took you up ?

This surely you must remember, it being so recent an action, just done, as it were.

and they said, seven.

For this, as yet, could not have slipped their memories. Though they had been reasoning among themselves because of their straitness of provisions, it was as if these things had never been done.