mark-6:32-36,-mark-6:36-niv

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:30-34

Rest and work. I. THERE IS NO TRUE REST WHICH HAS NOT BEEN EARNED BY WORK . II. THE DUTY OF RESTING HAS THE SAME REASONS AS THE DUTY OF WORKING . III. SOLITUDE IS THE PROPER REFRESHMENT AFTER PUBLIC WORK , AND PREPARATION FOR IT . IV. THE SPIRIT CAN NEVER BE AT LEISURE FROM COMPASSION , SYMPATHY , AND LOVE .—J. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:30-44

No rest for Jesus. The twelve have fulfilled their brief mission of evangelization, have returned to their Master, and tell him of the incidents and results of their mission. Jesus takes occasion to rest, and to give them rest, and with this intent withdraws to a desert place. This passage shows us with what result. I. THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE Lord SEEKS RETIREMENT . 1 . Perhaps to escape from the notice of Herod, who, having heard of his fame, may seek to get him... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:30-44

The miracle of the loaves. The apostles, having returned to Jesus after their first tour of healing and preaching, relate to him "all things whatsoever they had done, and whatsoever they had taught." Touched with consideration for them, Jesus withdraws them "apart into a desert place, to rest a while." But they could not be hid. The people saw them departing, and gathered, "from all the cities, a great multitude." To the eye of the Merciful they were "as sheep not having a shepherd," and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:30-44

Parallel passages: Matthew 14:13-21 ; Luke 9:10-17 ; John 6:1-14 .— Miraculous provision. I. THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND . 1 . The vivid description of St. Mark. In connection with this miracle, St. Mark describes the recognition of our Lord by the multitude, their running together on foot, their outspeeding the Saviour, their arrival at the place of disembarkation before him, the compassion that moved him, the instruction he gave them. He describes,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:32

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:32-34

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:33

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:34

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:34

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:35

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:30-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:30-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:30-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:30-44

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:32-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:34

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 6:35

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