Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 6:45
The feeding of the 5,000 evidently happened on the northeast side of the Sea of Galilee south of Bethsaida Julius. This town stood immediately east of the place where the Jordan River empties into the lake on its northern coast. Some of the town may have been on the western side of the Jordan. [Note: Hiebert, p. 164.] Evidently Jesus sent His disciples to another Bethsaida, near Capernaum, by boat (cf. John 6:17). Peter, Andrew, and Philip were evidently from this Bethsaida (John 1:45; John... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:56
56. and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment—having heard, no doubt, of what the woman with the issue of blood experienced on doing so (Mark 5:25-29), and perhaps of other unrecorded cases of the same nature. and as many as touched him—or "it"—the border of His garment. were made whole—All this they continued to do and to experience while our Lord was in that region. The time corresponds to that mentioned ( :-), when He "walked in Galilee," instead of... read more