What Does Luke 9:17 Mean in the King James?

And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.

Luke 9:17 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The miracle is not only that everyone is filled, but that fullness leaves a countable remainder.

THE MEANING

The verse holds satisfaction and surplus together: everyone is filled, and what remains is gathered into twelve baskets. The abundance is visible enough to count.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

The belief that satisfying everyone must use up all available provision falls away: the verse holds fullness and surplus in the same scene.

THE ROOT

περισσεῦσαν

perisseusan

GROWS FROM

περισσ-

periss-

Abounding, exceeding; what remains beyond what was consumed.

“remained” in this verse is perisseusan. The Greek form ⁨περισσεῦσαν⁩ (perisseusan, “what was left over”) comes from ⁨περισσεύω⁩ (perisseuō, “to abound, exceed, or be left over”). Its word family makes the remainder part of abundance itself: everyone’s satisfaction does not exhaust what is given.

ALSO GROWS

perissos: Abundant; beyond the ordinary measure.

περισσός

The shared ⁨περισσ-⁩ (periss-) stem links what remains with what exceeds the expected measure.

perisseia: Abundance; surplus.

περισσεία

This related form names the condition the gathered fragments make visible: more remains than was needed to fill everyone.

THE PATTERN

Provision reaches its recipients fully and can still exceed the measure of need.

So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD.

2 Kings 4:44 · KJVThe people eat and still leave food, holding satisfaction and remainder together.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Psalm 23:5 · KJVThe overflowing cup pictures provision that exceeds the measure of what is needed.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Ephesians 3:20 · KJVThe verse describes provision as exceeding even what can be asked or imagined.

THE THREAD

When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

John 6:12 · KJV

John’s word for “remain” belongs to the same ⁨περισσεύω⁩ (perisseuō, “abound or remain over”) word family as Luke’s. In both verses, the fragments are gathered after everyone is filled, making the surplus part of the sign.

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