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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:32-44

See this narrative explained in the notes at Matthew 14:13-21.Mark 6:32By ship - By a boat or a small vessel.Privately - Without making their plan known. They intended to go privately. It appears, however, that their intention became known, and multitudes followed them.Mark 6:33Afoot thither - On foot to the place where they saw them going.Out of all cities - All cities or large towns in the neighborhood.Mark 6:34Much people ...as sheep ... - They had no one to teach them and guide them. The... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 6:35-44

Mark 6:35-44. When the day was far spent, &c. See notes on Matthew 14:15-21, where the circumstances of the miracle here recorded are explained at large. And they sat down in ranks Or rather, in squares, as Campbell renders πρασιαι , observing, “The word denotes a small plat, such as a flower-bed in a garden. It has this meaning in Eccl 24:31. I do not find it in the LXX., or in any other part of the New Testament. These beds were in the form of oblong squares. The word is therefore... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 6:30-44

65. Feeding the five thousand (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14)When the apostles returned from their first tour around the country areas, they met Jesus in Galilee and tried to have a quiet time alone with him (Mark 6:30-32; John 6:1). Jesus also was in need of a rest, but he was filled with pity when he saw the crowds of people flocking to him in their need. They appeared to him as a flock of spiritually starved sheep that had no food because there was no shepherd to... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 6:42

And they all ate, and were filled. And they took up broken pieces, twelve basketfuls, and also of the fishes. And they that ate the loaves were five thousand men.We have already noted that each of the sacred writers added significant elements to make up the composite picture of what there took place. Unique to Matthew is the mention of Jesus' healing the sick, his command that the loaves and fishes be brought to himself, and his mention of the women and children. Unique to Mark is the mention... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:42

42. And they did all eat, and were filled—All the four Evangelists mention this: and John ( :-) adds, "and likewise of the fishes, as much as they would"—to show that vast as was the multitude, and scanty the provisions, the meal to each and all of them was a plentiful one. "When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost" ( :-). This was designed to bring out the whole extent of the miracle. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 6:31-44

÷Mark 6:31-44Feeding of the multitudeMark 8:1-9Mark 6:45-56Crossing of the sea and landingMark 8:10Mark 7:1-23Conflict with the PhariseesMark 8:11-13Mark 7:24-30Conversation about breadMark 8:14-21Mark 7:31-36HealingMark 8:22-26Mark 7:37Confession of faithMark 8:27-30 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 6:42-44

The abundance and adequacy of Jesus’ provision were obvious in the amount of food that remained uneaten. The baskets (Gr. kophinoi) were large wicker ones, though there was not much food left over. Some authorities believe kophinoi describes small baskets, but most believe they were large. Jesus provides generously, but He does not provide so extravagantly that there is needless waste.This miracle revealed the person of Jesus to the multitudes, but it was its effect on the disciples that Mark... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:1-56

Visit to Nazareth. Mission of the Twelve. Execution of the Baptist. Feeding of the Five Thousand. Walking on the Sea1-6. Visit to Nazareth (Matthew 13:54).3. Is not this the carpenter?] Mt ’Is not this the carpenter’s son?’ Baur, Bleek, Renan, and Hilgenfeld regard St. Mark’s version of this expression as a proof that he was acquainted with the Virgin Birth. ’Mark tolerates not the paternity of Joseph even in the mouth of Nazarenes’ (Hilgenfeld). Most scholars dispute the inference.It is not... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Mark 6:31-44

(31-44) And he said unto them.—See Notes on Matthew 14:13-21. Peculiar to St. Mark are (1) the tender consideration of the invitation to “rest awhile,” and (2) the description of the throng of people as “coming and going.” read more

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