John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 6:36
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. Ver. 36. See Trapp on " Mat 14:15 " read more
36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. Ver. 36. See Trapp on " Mat 14:15 " read more
37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? Ver. 37. Shall we go and buy, &c. ] q.d. Yes, a likely matter surely; where’s your money? have we 200 pence to cater for such a company? It is interrogatio cum admiratione, atque adeo cum ironia quadam coniuncta, saith Beza. A question not without a jeer. read more
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. Ver. 38. See Trapp on " Mat 14:17 " See Trapp on " Joh 6:8 " See Trapp on " Joh 6:9 " read more
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. Ver. 39. See Trapp on " Mat 14:17 " See Trapp on " Joh 6:8 " See Trapp on " Joh 6:9 " read more
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. Ver. 40. Sat down in ranks ] Gr. ranks, ranks, that is, rank by rank, a as rows or borders of beds in a garden. Ordinatim res in Ecclesia faciendae. Church work is to be done decently, and in order. a πρασιαι πρασιαι , Hebraismus, ut Exodus 8:14 . read more
41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. Ver. 41. 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
42 And they did all eat, and were filled. Ver. 42. 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
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. Ver. 43. 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
44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. Ver. 44. 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
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Mark 6:35
35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: Ver. 35. And when the day was now far spent ] Beza renders it, Cum iam multus dies esset. Our forefathers had a saying, The summer’s day is never so long, But at length ‘twill ring to even song. read more