Mark 6:53 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 6:45-56

Mark 6:45-56. For an explanation of these verses, see the notes on Matthew 14:22-36. read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 6:45-56

66. Jesus walks on the sea (Matthew 14:22-36; Mark 6:45-56; John 6:15-21)On seeing Jesus’ miracle with the bread and fish, many wanted to make him king immediately. This no doubt would have pleased many of Jesus’ followers, but for him it presented a possible temptation. He therefore sent his disciples to Bethsaida, while he escaped into the hills where he could be alone and pray (Matthew 14:22-23; Mark 6:45-46; John 6:15).Bethsaida was not far from the place where Jesus had fed the five... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 6:53

into = upon. Greek. cpi, App-104 . drew to the shore . A Divine supplement, here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 6:53

And when they had crossed over, they came to the land unto Gennesaret, and moored to the shore.THE HEALINGS AT GENNESARETOne should not be troubled by the various names given to the scene of Jesus' landing. John stated that they were on the way to Capernaum, which of course is true, Mark omitting the day's teachings in the synagogue as well as many other events. This paragraph narrates what took place the week or so following, while John reported in detail what took place that very day.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:53

53. And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret—from which the lake sometimes takes its name, stretching along its western shore. Capernaum was their landing-place (John 6:24; John 6:25). and drew to the shore—a nautical phrase, nowhere else used in the New Testament. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 6:45-56

2. Jesus’ walking on the water and the return to Galilee 6:45-56Jesus now returned from the northeast coast of the lake to its northwest coast. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 6:53

Gennesaret was the name of a town and the name of a plain on which the town stood. The region was the northwest coast of the lake. It was so prominent because of its agricultural richness that another name for the Sea of Galilee was the Sea of Gennesaret (Luke 5:1). [Note: Cf. Josephus, The Wars . . ., 3:10:8.] It was an area of dense population. 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 6:53-56

(53-56) And when they had passed over.—See Notes on Matthew 14:34-36. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Mark 6:1-56

Mark 6:3 In a letter written from Pavia, during his early mission there, Savonarola explains to his mother why he is working in Lombardy instead of nearer home. 'Seeing that He hath chosen me for this sacred office, rest ye content that I fulfil it far from my native place, for I bear better fruit than I could have borne at Ferrara. There it would be with me as it was with Christ, when His countrymen said: Is not this man a carpenter, and the son of a carpenter? But out of my own place this... read more