Mark 8:3

Mark 8:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
• New International Version (NIV)If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if I send them away hungry to their own houses, they will faint on the way; for some of them have come from afar.”

Context of Mark 8:3

1At that time, another large crowd had come to hear Jesus. The people had nothing to eat. Jesus asked his disciples to come to him. He said to them, 2‘I feel sorry for this crowd. They have been here with me now for three days and they do not have any food. I do not want to send them back to their homes while they are hungry. They might fall down during their journey because they are weak. Some of them have travelled a long way to come here.’ 4The disciples replied, ‘This place is far from any houses. We cannot get enough bread to feed all these people.’ 5‘How many loaves of bread do you have?’ Jesus asked. ‘We have seven loaves,’ they replied.

Mark 8:3 word by word

καὶ ἐὰν ἀπολύσω αὐτοὺς νήστεις εἰς οἶκον αὐτῶν, ἐκλυθήσονται ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ· καί τινες αὐτῶν ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ἥκασιν.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• I sendἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• awayἀπολύωapoluō · to release: releaseG630
• fastingνῆστιςnēstis · fastingG3523
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• housesοἶκοςoikos · house: homeG3624
• they will faintἐκλύωekluō · to faintG1590
• byἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the wayὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wayὁδόςhodos · roadG3598
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• diversτιςtis · oneG5100
• cameἥκωhēkō · to come/be presentG2240
• from farμακρόθενmakrothen · from afarG3113

Cross-references for Mark 8:3

• Judges 8:4Gideon and his 300 men were weak and tired. But they went across the Jordan and they continued to chase the Midianites.
• 1 Samuel 14:28One of the soldiers told Jonathan, ‘Your father made us promise not to eat any food today. We all agreed that God should curse anyone who eats anything. That is why we are all so weak.’
• Isaiah 40:31But people who wait for the Lord to help them will receive new strength. They will rise up high, as if they have the wings of eagles. They will run and they will not become tired. They will walk and they will not become weak.

Commentaries on Mark 8:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3For divers of them came from far - And they could not possibly reach their respective homes without perishing, unless they got food.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. 33. And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way--In their eagerness they seem not to have thought of the need of provisions for such a length of time; but the Lord thought of it. In Matthew (Mt 15:32) it is, "I will not send them away fasting"--or rather, "To send them away fasting I am unwilling."Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 8:3

• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Adulterous
• Deeply
• Faint
• Sigh
• Divers; Diverse; Diversities
• Jesus Christ
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Mark, the Gospel According to

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