Mark 6:45-8:30 NIV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:45-46

‘And immediately he constrained his disciples to board the boat and to go before him to the other side, towards Bethsaida, while he himself sends the crowds away. And after he had taken leave of them he departed to the mountain to pray.’ ‘Immediately He constrained His disciples.’ There was certainly pressure there and we may ask why. Possibly it was to prevent the disciples from saying anything further to the crowds about the miracle (they might well have thought it would produce what they... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:45-53

Jesus Comes to His Disciples in Their Need, Walking on the Water (6:45-53). As ever in salvation history the blessing is to be followed by trial. Having been fed by God they must now learn that times can also be hard, and that He is trustworthy in the hard times also. In the future they would have to feed the people, but they would be feeding a people who would as well have to endure the problems of life. Christians are not sheltered from those. After their mountain top experiences they have... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Mark 6:45-52

Mark 6:45-1 Thessalonians : . Jesus Dismisses the Crowd and Walks on the Sea.— The first verses of this section apparently touch on an unexplained crisis in the life of Jesus. Why does He compel the disciples to leave Him? Why does He spend the night alone in prayer? Is the dismissal of the crowd a farewell, like Paul’ s farewell to the elders of Ephesus? The word used in Mark 6:46 occurs in Acts 18:18; Acts 18:21. There is, as J. Weiss sees, significant history here to which the evangelist... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Mark 6:45-46

If this desert where Christ was were, as Luke saith, Luke 9:10, a desert belonging to Bethsaida, those words, εις το περαν προς βηθσαιδαν, are ill translated unto Bethsaida, and the marginal note in our larger Bibles is better, over against Bethsaida. Our Saviour here first sends away his disciples by water, then he dismisses the multitude to go to their own homes. Then he goeth up into a mountain to pray. We find Christ very often in the duty of secret prayer, very often choosing a mountain,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Mark 6:45-56

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESMark 6:49. A spirit.—A phantasm or apparition.Mark 6:52. Hardened.—Become dull—insusceptible and irresponsible to spiritual impressions. See chaps, Mark 3:5, Mark 8:17.MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Mark 6:45-56(PARALLELS: Matthew 14:22-36; John 6:15-21.)Christ walking on the sea.—This incident stands alone, among the recorded acts of Jesus, as a peculiar manifestation of His character and dealings. In general Christ’s miracles were founded on the principle of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Mark 6:45-51

Mark 6:45-51 The Disciples in the Storm. The whole of this narrative is historical; all literally took place eighteen centuries ago; but at the same time this page of the Gospel is like a sublime parable whose minutest features comprise a teaching for all ages, and which is wonderfully adapted to sustain the faith of believers today. I. What is it which so often troubles our faith in the Divine promises? It is the fact that God does not direct events and things for the triumph of His cause, and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Mark 6:1-56

Shall we turn to Mark's gospel, chapter 6.Jesus had been in the city of Capernaum there on the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. And He has just brought back to life the daughter of Jairus, one of the rulers of the synagogue there in Capernaum. Now He is leaving Capernaum and with His disciples He is returning back to His hometown of Nazareth. It's probably thirty to thirty-five, well maybe forty miles from Capernaum to Nazareth.And he went from thence ( Mark 6:1 ),The thence would be... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Mark 6:1-56

Mark 6:3 . Is not this the carpenter? The jews were bound to teach their children some trade, as no man could say what the vicissitudes of life might be. Hence Lightfoot cites the following passage from the Talmud. “It is incumbent on a father to circumcise his son, to redeem him, (by the half shekel) to teach him the law, and instruct him in some occupation.” Again: “Whosoever teacheth not his son a trade, teacheth him in fact to rob.” Mark 6:4 . A prophet is not without honour, but in... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Mark 6:45-51

Mark 6:45-51And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship.Need of constraint from ChristThis does not mean that our Lord forced His disciples’ wills, but that from being unwilling He made them willing to do as He desired. Reasons they were loath at first to take ship without Him.1. Because His society was very amiable, sweet, and comfortable to them, as they had hitherto found by experience; therefore they were unwilling to part from Him, though but for a time.2. It seemed a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 6:45

45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. Ver. 45. See Trapp on " Mat 14:20 " See Trapp on " Joh 6:12 " See Trapp on " Joh 6:13 " See Trapp on " Joh 6:14 " read more