Note 1 at Mt 15:37: The Greek word used for "baskets" here is "SPURIS," and it means "a hamper or lunch-receptacle" (Strong's Concordance). It is used in only five places: in the account of the feeding of the 4,000 (this verse and Mr 8:8), in two references to the feeding of the 4,000 (Mt 16:10 and Mr 8:20), and in Ac 9:25. In Ac 9:25, the basket spoken of was large enough to hide Saul in as he was lowered down the city wall to escape the persecution of the Jews. This means these seven baskets (Greek - SPURIS) of food taken up from the feeding of the 4,000 contained more food than the twelve baskets (Greek - "KOPHINOS" - "a (small) basket" [Strong's Concordance]) taken up after the feeding of the 5,000 (Mt 14:20, Mr 6:43, Lu 9:17, and Joh 6:13).