“And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.”
There were about four thousand men. After he had sent them away — the headcount (four thousand, compared to five thousand in the first feeding) establishes the scale. After he had sent them away: Jesus dismisses the crowd after the feeding, as he did after the first feeding (Mark 6:45). The dismissal is the conclusion of the miracle and the transition to the next scene.
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