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Mark 8:2
2I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat,
Mark 8:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
- New International Version (NIV)“I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
Context of Mark 8:2
1In those days, there being again a great crowd, and they having nothing that they could eat, having called his disciples to [him], he says to them, I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat, 3and if I should dismiss them to their home fasting, they will faint on the way; for some of them are come from far. 4And his disciples answered him, Whence shall one be able to satisfy these with bread here in a desert place?
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σπλαγχνίζομαι ἐπὶ τὸν ὄχλον ὅτι ἤδη ἡμέραι τρεῖς προσμένουσίν μοι καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν τί φάγωσιν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Mark 8:2
- Mark 1:41But Jesus, moved with compassion, having stretched out his hand, touched him, and says to him, I will, be thou cleansed.
- Mark 5:19And he suffered him not, but says to him, Go to thine home to thine own people, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and has had mercy on thee.
- Mark 6:34And on leaving [the ship] [Jesus] saw a great crowd, and he was moved with compassion for them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
- Mark 9:22and often it has cast him both into fire and into waters that it might destroy him: but if thou couldst [do] anything, be moved with pity on us, and help us.
- Psalms 103:13As a father pitieth [his] children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
- Psalms 145:8Jehovah is gracious and merciful; slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness.
- Micah 7:19He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- Matthew 9:36But when he saw the crowds he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and cast away as sheep not having a shepherd.
- Matthew 14:14And going out he saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion about them, and healed their infirm.
- Matthew 20:34And Jesus, moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes had sight restored to them, and they followed him.
- Luke 7:13And the Lord, seeing her, was moved with compassion for her, and said to her, Weep not;
- Luke 15:20And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.
- Hebrews 2:17Wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like to [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;
- Hebrews 4:15For we have not a high priest not able to sympathise with our infirmities, but tempted in all things in like manner, sin apart.
- Hebrews 5:2being able to exercise forbearance towards the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is clothed with infirmity;
- Matthew 4:2and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.
Commentaries on Mark 8:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Having nothing to eat - If they had brought any provisions with them, they were now entirely expended; and they stood in immediate need of a supply.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-9Verses 1-9 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39. Mark 8:1 In those days - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man. Having nothing to eat - Having come unprovided, or having consumed what they had brought. Mark 8:2 I have compassions - I pity their condition. I am disposed to relieve them. Mark 8:9 Four thousand - Four thousand “men,” besides women and children. See Matthew 15:38. See this passage explained in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The last mention of a large crowd was during the feeding of the 5,000 (6:34). Jesus showed compassion in 6:34 because the people were "like sheep without a shepherd." These stories show the concern Jesus has for the whole person. Here, he especially focuses on their hunger. They were in the wilderness and had no food (8:1,4). They had been with Jesus for three days without food and had traveled a long way (8:2). They needed to eat before going home (8:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. I have compassion on the multitude--an expression of that deep emotion in the Redeemer's heart which always preceded some remarkable interposition for relief. (See Mt 14:14; 20:34; Mr 1:41; Lu 7:13; also Mt 9:36, before the mission of the Twelve; compare Jud 2:18; 10:16). because they have now been with me--in constant attendance. three days, and have nothing to eat:Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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