Mark 6:36

Mark 6:36 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.”

Context of Mark 6:36

34Jesus got out of the boat and he saw a large crowd. He felt sorry for them. He thought to himself, ‘These people are like sheep that have nobody to take care of them.’ So he began to teach them many things. 35When it was almost evening time, Jesus' disciples came and said to him, ‘We are in a place where there are no houses. Soon it will be dark. The people do not have anything to eat. So send them away now. Tell them to go to the farms and villages that are near here. Then they can buy some food for themselves to eat.’ 37‘You should give them some food to eat,’ Jesus replied. But the disciples said, ‘We cannot go to buy bread for all these people. A man must work for eight months to get the 200 coins that we would need for that. We cannot get enough food to give to these people.’ 38Jesus asked them, ‘How many loaves of bread do you have? Go and see.’ When they had looked, they told Jesus, ‘We have five loaves and two fish.’

Mark 6:36 word by word

ἀπόλυσον αὐτοὺς ἵνα ἀπελθόντες εἰς τοὺς κύκλῳ ἀγροὺς καὶ κώμας ἀγοράσωσιν ἑαυτοῖς τί φάγωσινRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Sendἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• they may goἀπέρχομαιaperchomai · to go awayG565
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the countryἀγρόςagros · fieldG68
• round aboutκύκλῳkuklō · surroundingG2945
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• into the villagesκώμηkōmē · villageG2968
• and buyἀγοράζωagorazō · to buyG59
• themselvesἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
• breadἄρτοςartos · breadG740
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• they haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• nothingοὐou · noG3756
• ·τίςtis · which?G5101
• to eatφαγεῖνphagō · to eatG5315

Cross-references for Mark 6:36

• Mark 3:21People told his family what was happening. So they went to take him away with them. They thought that Jesus was crazy.
• Mark 5:31His disciples replied, ‘You can see that the crowd is pushing against you. So you cannot ask who touched you!’
• Matthew 15:23Jesus did not say anything to the woman. So his disciples came to him. They said, ‘Please, send this woman away. She is following us and she is making a lot of noise.’
• Matthew 16:22Then Peter took Jesus away from the other disciples. He began to tell Jesus that he must not say things like that. ‘No, Lord! God will never let this happen to you!’ he said to Jesus.

Commentaries on Mark 6:36

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32-44Verses 32-44 See this narrative explained in the notes at Matthew 14:13-21. Mark 6:32 By ship - By a boat or a small vessel. Privately - Without making their plan known. They intended to go privately. It appears, however, that their intention became known, and multitudes followed them. Mark 6:33 Afoot thither - On foot to the place where they saw them going. Out of all cities - All cities or large towns in the neighborhood. Mark 6:34 Much people … as…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-44Verses 30-44 Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils of others of his disciples, and provides rest for those that are tired, and refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of Christ's word, and then he took care that they should not want bodily food. If Christ and his disciples put up with mean things, surely…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35-36The place where Jesus taught was remote (far from towns), but it still had farms and villages nearby where people could buy food.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3636. 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--John tells us (Joh 6:5, 6) that "Jesus said to Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? (And this He said to prove him: for He Himself knew what He would do)." The subject may have been introduced by some remark of the disciples; but the precise order and form of what was said by each can hardly be…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Mark 6

• 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