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

1In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. 4And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

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

• 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 8:4And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
• 1 Samuel 14:28Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
• 1 Samuel 30:10But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
• Isaiah 40:31But they that wait upon Yhwh shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not 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