The Christian worker's rest. I. IN A WORLD WHERE THERE IS NO TRUE REST . II. PROCEEDING FROM THE LORD . 1 . Divinely commanded . 2 . Divinely prepared . 3 . Divinely shared . III. TO FIT FOR FURTHER SERVICE .—M. read more
"Coming and going." I. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD 'S LIFE . II. INDICATIVE OF THE WORLD 'S SPIRITUAL STATE . III. AN OCCASION OF DIFFICULTY TO THE CHURCH .—M, read more
Recreative rest. The disciples had been teaching the people, and meeting their objections; they had been curing the sick, and had seen effects startling even to themselves. Exultant over the work they had done, they were in some danger of forgetting its spiritual issues, and needed a reminder that it was more important to have one's name in the book of life than to have power to cast out. devils. Agitated, restless, and weary, they returned to their Lord, and he, understanding their... read more
And they went away in the boat ( τῷ πλοίῳ ) to a desert place apart —the boat, no doubt, which our Lord had ordered to be always in attendance upon him. We learn from St. Luke ( Luke 9:10 ) that this desert place was near to "a city called Bethsaida." It seems that there were two places called Bethsaida—one in Galilee proper, and the other to the north-east of the Sea of Galilee. It was to the neighborhood of this latter place that our Lord here directs the boat to take him. The... read more
Christ's sympathy for men. I. How IT WAS CALLED FORTH . 1 . The physical exhaustion and hunger of the people. 2 . Their restlessness. 3 . Their inarticulate longing for some higher truth and life. II. THE CHARACTER IT ASSUMED . Shepherdly anxiety and care. 1 . An intense compassion and solicitude. 2 . A deep religious sense of the Divine ideal from which they had departed. The spirit, the very words of prophecy, occur to him in the... read more
This is very graphic. The Greek in the first part of this verse runs thus, according to the best authorities: καὶ εἶδον αὐτοὸς ὑπάγοντας καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν αὐτὸν πολλοί : And they — i.e. the people— saw them going, and many knew them . They saw them departing, and observed what direction the boat took, and then hastened thither on foot, and outwent them; and so were ready to meet them again on the opposite shore when they landed. The distance by land from the place where they... read more
Our Lord had gone to this desert place for retirement and rest; but finding the multitude waiting For him, his compassions were stirred, and he began to teach them many things . He was moved with compassion, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd . No animal is more helpless, more stupid, more in need of a shepherd, than the sheep. St. Chrysostom observes that the scribes were not so much pastors as wolves, because, by teaching errors both by word and by example, they perverted... read more
The shepherdly emotion of Christ. I. NATURALLY ELICITED . II. A DIVINE INTERPRETATION OF HUMAN DISTRESS , III. A FULFILMENT OF THE WORLD 'S HOPE . IV. AN UNCONSCIOUS PROOF OF HIS BEING THE SAVIOUR OF MANKIND .—M. read more
And when the day was now far spent . The English, like the Greek, is here very idiomatic ( καὶ ἤδη ὥρας πολλῆς γενομένης ). The English is retained in the Revised Version as it came through the Authorized Version from Tyndale. The present participle γενομένης appears in the Sinaitic Manuscript and in the Cambridge Codex. His disciples came unto him, and said . The best reading is ( καὶ ἔλεγον ), and were saying. St . Matthew ( Matthew 14:16 ) says, "They need not... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:31
Christ's offer of rest. I. THE PECULIAR GIFT OF JESUS TO HIS SERVANTS . "Into a desert place;" only Christ to speak with them, to comfort and to advise. II. A MANIFOLD PROVISION FOR HIS SERVANTS ' NEEDS . Calm after excitement; repose after labour; meditation upon Divine marvels and experiences. Security from threatening dangers. III. A PREPARATION FOR FUTURE SERVICE . "Rest a while . "—M. read more