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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a long distance.”

Context of Mark 8:3

1During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 2“I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.” 4His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?” 5“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” 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 three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan and crossed it.
• 1 Samuel 14:28Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the army under a strict oath, saying, ‘Cursed be anyone who eats food today!’ That is why the men are faint.”
• 1 Samuel 30:10Two hundred of them were too exhausted to cross the valley, but David and the other four hundred continued the pursuit.
• Isaiah 40:31but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

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