Mark 6:51-52 - Exposition

The amazement of the disciples was very great. Nor was the impression confined to them alone. St. Matthew ( Matthew 14:33 ) tells us that they who were in the boat came and worshipped him. They felt, at least for the 'moment, that they were brought into awful nearness to One whose "way is in the sea," and whose "path is in the great waters," and whose "footsteps are not known." They needed not, however, to have been so amazed, for they had just witnessed his power in the miracle of the loaves; but th e y understood not ( ἐπὶ τοῖς ἄρτοις ) concerning the loaves, but their heart was ( πεπωρωμένη ) hardened; literally, stupefied and blinded.