Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:33
33. And the people—the multitudes. saw them departing, and many knew him—The true reading would seem to be: "And many saw them departing, and knew or recognized [them]." and ran afoot—Here, perhaps, it should be rendered "by land"—running round by the head of the lake, and taking one of the fords of the river, so as to meet Jesus, who was crossing with the Twelve by ship. thither out of all cities, and outwent them—got before them. and came together unto him—How exceedingly graphic is this!... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:32
32. And they departed into a desert place by ship privately—"over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias," says John ( :-), the only one of the Evangelists who so fully describes it; the others having written when their readers were supposed to know something of it, while the last wrote for those at a greater distance of time and place. This "desert place" is more definitely described by Luke (Luke 9:10) as "belonging to the city called Bethsaida." This must not be confounded with the... read more