Mark 8:1

In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
In	Ἐν En	G1722	"in · preposition
those	ἐκείναις ekeinais	G1565	that one (or (neuter) thing) · demonstrative pronoun — dative plural feminine
days	ἡμέραις hēmerais	G2250	day · noun — dative plural feminine
multitude	ὄχλου ochlou	G3793	a throng (as borne along) · noun — genitive singular masculine
being	ὤν ṓn	G5607	being
great	πάμπολυς pámpolys	G3827	full many
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
having	ἐχόντων echontōn	G2192	to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active participle, genitive plural masculine
nothing	μὴ mē	G3361	(adverb) not · particle — negative
eat	φάγωσιν, phagōsin	G5315	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural
Jesus	Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua)
called	προσκαλεσάμενος proskalesamenos	G4341	to call toward oneself · verb — aorist middle deponent participle, nominative singular masculine
his	αὐτοῖς· autois	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative plural masculine
disciples	μαθητὰς mathētas	G3101	a learner · noun — accusative plural masculine
saith	λέγει legei	G3004	properly · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
them	αὐτός autós	G846	the reflexive pronoun self

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Cross-references

Matthew 15:32-39 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and ha…
Mark 6:34-44 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: a…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:1-9

We had the story of a miracle very like this before, in this gospel (Mar 6:35), and of this same miracle (Mat 15:32), and here is little or no addition or alternation as to the circumstances. Yet observe, 1. That our Lord Jesus was greatly followed; The multitude was very great (Mar 8:1); notwithstanding the wicked arts of the scribes and Pharisees to blemish him, and to blast his interest, the common people, who had more honesty, and therefore more true wisdom, than their leaders, kept up their high thoughts of him. We may suppose that this multitude were generally of the meaner sort of people, with such Christ conversed, and was familiar; for thus he humbled himself, and made himself of no…

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Adam Clarke on Mark 8:1

The multitude being very great - Or rather, There was again a great multitude. Instead of παμπολλου, very great, I read παλιν πολλου, again a great, which is the reading of BDGLM, fourteen others, all the Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Gothic, Vulgate, and Itala, and of many Evangelistaria. Griesbach approves of this reading. There had been such a multitude gathered together once before, who were fed in the same way. See Mar 6:34, etc.

John Gill on Mark 8:1

In those days,.... The Ethiopic version reads, on that day; as if it was on the same day that the deaf man was healed; and so it might be; and on the third day from Christ's coming into those parts; and so is very properly expressed, "in those days"; see Mark 7:31, compared with the following verse: the multitude being very great: for the number of men that ate, when the following miracle was wrought, were about four thousand; see Mark 8:9. The Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions add, "again"; referring to the former miracle of the five thousand, who were fed with five loaves, and two fishes, Mark 6:44. And having nothing to eat; what they might have brought with them being expend…

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 8:1-10

The Church Fathers

In those days, when again there was a great crowd and they had nothing to eat, He called His disciples and said to them, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have now been with me for three days and have nothing to eat, etc." In this reading, we must consider in the one and same Redeemer our the distinct operation of divinity and humanity; and the error of Eutyches, who presumes to teach only one operation in Christ, must be thoroughly expelled from Christian borders. For who does not see that the fact that the Lord has compassion on the crowd, lest they faint either from hunger or the labor of a long journey, is an affection and compassion of human frailty? But that He fed four thousand men with seven loaves and a few small fish is the work of divine power? Mystically, however, this miracle signifies that we cannot otherwise pass safely through the path of this present world unless the grace of our Redeemer refreshes us with the nourishment of His word. Typologically, the difference between this feeding and that of the five loaves and two fishes is that there the letter of the Old Testament, full of spiritual grace, was signified; here, however, the truth and grace of the New Testament is shown to be ministered to the faithful. Surely, both feedings occurred on a mountain, as the narration of other evangelists declares, because the rightly understood Scriptures of both Testaments command us to the height of heavenly precepts and rewards, and both proclaim in a harmonious voice the height of Christ, who is the mountain of the house of the Lord at the summit of the mountains. For He who exalts the city or house of the Lord built upon Himself, that is, the Church, in the height of good works and makes it manifest to all nations, He refreshes it, abstracted from lowly pleasures, with the bread of heaven, and kindles it to the appetite for supernal sweetness by giving the pledge of spiritual food.
— Bede, On the Gospel of Mark

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Dictionary and topics

Unbelief · .The Jewish lea — .The Jewish lea

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