Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Mark 6:48
And he saw them — For the darkness could veil nothing from him. And would have passed by them — That is, walked, as if he was passing by.
And he saw them — For the darkness could veil nothing from him. And would have passed by them — That is, walked, as if he was passing by.
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 14:22. Mark 6:52 THEY CONSIDERED NOT THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES - They did not remember or call to mind the “power” which Jesus had shown in feeding...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Servant rejected in Nazareth. (Mark 6:1. Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16)_ 2. The Servant sends forth the Twelve. (Mark 6:7 .
JESUS DISMISSES THE CROWD AND WALKS ON THE SEA. The first verses of this section apparently touch on an unexplained crisis in the life of Jesus. Why does He compel the disciples to leave Him? Why does...
WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (Mark 6:1-6)...
Immediately he made the disciples embark on the boat and go across ahead to Bethsaida while he sent the crowd away. When he had taken leave of them, he went away into a mountain to pray. When it was l...
HE saw He having seen. App-133. TOILING. distressed. Greek. _basanizo,_ translated "tor ment "(Mark 5:7; Matthew 8:6; Matthew 8:28; Luke 8:28;...
_he saw them toiling in rowing_ The word translated "toiling," which also occurs in Matthew 14:24, is a very striking expression. It denotes (1) _to test metals with the touchstone_, (2) _to rack, tor...
ἸΔῺΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΟῪΣ ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΈΝΟΥΣ. There is no need to suppose supernatural power of sight. The Paschal moon would give light enough. See on Mark 5:7. Syr-Sin. has “tormented with the fear of the waves.” ἘΝ...
45–52. THE WALKING ON THE WATER Matthew 14:22-33; John 6:16-21...
Ver 45. And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while He sent away the people. 46. And when He had sent them away, He depa...
_JESUS PERFORMED GREAT MIRACLES MARK 6:45-56:_ Jesus sent the disciples across the sea to Bethsaida. He stayed behind to send the multitude away. After He sent them away He went up into a mountain to...
ΊΔΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть: "когда он увидел..." ΒΑΣΑΝΙΖΟΜΈΝΟΥΣ _praes. med._/pass. _part. от_ ΒΑΣΑΝΊΖΩ (G928) испытывать, мучить, лишать имущества; _med._ может означать: ...
AND WOULD HAVE PASSED BY THEM,— Εθελε παρελθειν, _seemed inclined to pass._ This appears the proper translation of the passage....
8. JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER 6:45-52 _TEXT 6:45-52_ And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he himself sende...
_SUMMARY 6:1_7:23 The testimony for Jesus furnished by the preceding section, is based chiefly on the opinions which men formed concerning him. The disciples, though slow and hard of heart to realize...
And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. AND HE SAW...
43 To fully appreciate the import of this sign, it must be compared with a similar one which occurred some time later. The cumulative contrast cannot be fully seen in an inaccurate version, but is rea...
VISIT TO NAZARETH. MISSION OF THE TWELVE. EXECUTION OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1-6. Visit to Nazareth (Matthew 13:54)....
WALKING ON THE SEA (Matthew 14:22; John 6:15). See on Mt and Jn....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 6 JESUS IN NAZARETH VERSES 1-6 Everywhere that Jesus went, the crowds came. They w...
CHAPTER 4:35-41; 6:47-52 (MARK 4:35; MARK 6:47) THE TWO STORMS (JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER) "And on that day, when even was come, He saith unto them, Let us go over unto the other side. And leaving t...
ἐν τῷ ἐλαύνειν, in pro pelling (the ship with oars). περὶ τετ. φυλ., about the fourth watch, between three and six in the morning, towards dawn. ἤθελε παρελθεῖν, He wished to pass them “praeterire eos...
_Another sea-anecdote_ (Matthew 14:22-33). Luke drops out here and does not join his brother evangelists till we come to Mark 8:27....
THE SYMPATHY AND COMPASSION OF JESUS Mark 6:30-56 When the Apostles returned they had much to tell. Some were flushed with success, others radiant with victory over demons, others, perhaps, overstrai...
"He could there do no mighty work." Not that He in Himself was unable, for His hands laid on a few sick folk brought healing, but that the condition of wilful and persistent unbelief limited the power...
Thus the divine mercy often seems to desert the faithful in the height of tribulation, but God only acts thus, that he may try their patience, and reward them more abundantly. (Nicholas of Lyra)...
JESUS WALKS UPON THE WATER Matthew 14:22-36; Mark 6:45-56; & John 6:15-21. Mark: “And immediately He constrained His disciples to go into the ship, and to proceed before Him to the other side, toward...
(47) And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. (48) And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
_MYSTERIOUS PASSAGES OF LIFE_ ‘And He saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them.’ Mark 6:48 He saw them ‘toiling’—the word in the original is very strong, wrought, tested, tor...
In that which follows, the history (properly so called) of His service is resumed (chapter 6). Only we see Him already rejected by a blinded people, in spite of the power which He had manifested, and...
AND HE SAW THEM TOILING IN ROWING,.... He saw them either with his bodily eyes from the mountain on which he was; or he perceived in his Spirit, he knew, by virtue of his omniscience as God, what dist...
And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. Ver. 48. _Wou...
For an explanation of these verses, see the notes on Matthew 14:22....
Christ walking on the sea of Galilee. Matthew 14:22-33....
Jesus walking on the sea:...
AND HE SAW THEM TOILING IN ROWING; FOR THE WIND WAS CONTRARY UNTO THEM. AND ABOUT THE FOURTH WATCH OF THE NIGHT HE COMETH UNTO THEM, WALKING UPON THE SEA, AND WOULD HAVE PASSED BY THEM....
SERMON #1 TITLE: Pass Me Not TEXT: Mark 6:45-56 PROPOSITION: We must consider the personal and individual viewpoint of salvation. QUESTION: Which? KEY WORD: Viewpoints READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1....
45-56 The church is often like a ship at sea, tossed with tempests, and not comforted: we may have Christ for us, yet wind and tide against us; but it is a comfort to Christ's disciples in a storm, t...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 6:47...
Mark 6:48 Then G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) them G846 straining G928 (G5746) at G1722 rowing G1643 ...
THE WIDER MINISTRY BEGINS - THE APOSTLES ARE SENT OUT - OPPOSITION CONTINUES (6:6A-56). Having established that Jesus is Lord of the elements, Lord over evil spirits and Lord over life and death, Mark...
JESUS COMES TO HIS DISCIPLES IN THEIR NEED, WALKING ON THE WATER (6:45-53). As ever in salvation history the blessing is to be followed by trial. Having been fed by God they must now learn that times...
‘And when evening was come the boat was well out at sea and he alone on the land, and seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to t...
Mark 6:48. DISTRESSED IN ROWING. Lit., ‘tormented.' In consequence of the contrary wind. John says they rowed about twenty-five or thirty furlongs; yet they must have been thus engaged for some time,...
SEE notes on Matthew 14:22-36; John 6:15-25. Mark omits the attempt of Peter to walk on the water; otherwise his account closely resembles that of Matthew, but with the usual variations. Mark 6:45-47....
SEEING THEM DISTRESSED IN ROWING (ιδων αυτους βασανιζομενους εν τω ελαυνειν). See also Matthew 8:29 for the word βασανιζω, to torture, torment (Matthew 4:24) with a touch-stone, then to distress as...
Mark 6:48 Mysterious Passages of Life. I. The mysterious passages of life are as truly meant for us as when on that melancholy night Jesus decidedly and deliberately left His disciples till "the four...
Mark 6:45 The Disciples in the Storm. The whole of this narrative is historical; all literally took place eighteen centuries ago; but at the same time this page of the Gospel is like a sublime parab...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent out to preach. Murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the sea. Jesus heals many at Gennesaret. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Herod, Herodias, her daughter,...
Mark 6:3. _Is not this the carpenter?_ The jews were bound to teach their children some trade, as no man could say what the vicissitudes of life might be. Hence Lightfoot cites the following passage f...
_And straightway He constrained His disciples to get into the ship._ NEED OF CONSTRAINT FROM CHRIST This does not mean that our Lord forced His disciples’ wills, but that from being unwilling He mad...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 6:48 FOURTH WATCH. 3:00 A.M. to 6:00 A.M. The Sea of Galilee is 696 feet (212 m) below sea level, resulting in violent downdrafts and sudden windstorms (see...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 6:14 The death of John the Baptist casts an ominous shadow on Jesus’ future. Jesus’ life is in danger, partly because of his authoritative, miraculous deeds. ⇐
JESUS WALKS ON WATER MATTHEW 14:22-33; MARK 6:45-52; JOHN 6:16-21; MATTHEW 14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples
CHAPTER 6 1 _Christ is contemned of his countrymen_. 7 _He giveth the twelve power over unclean spirits_. 14 _Divers opinions of Christ_. 27 _John Baptist is beheaded_, 29 _and buried_. 30 _The apostl...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 6:49. A SPIRIT.—_A phantasm_ or _apparition_. Mark 6:52. HARDENED.—_Become dull_—insusceptible and irresponsible to spiritual impressions. See chaps, Mark 3:5,...
EXPOSITION MARK 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY, the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfo...
Shall we turn to Mark's gospel, chapter 6. Jesus had been in the city of Capernaum there on the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. And He has just brought back to life the daughter of Jairus, one of...
1 Samuel 11:11; Exodus 14:24; Genesis 19:2; Genesis 32:26; Isaiah 54:1
He saw [ι δ ω ν]. Participle. Rev., seeing. Better, however, the literal having seen. It was this which induced him to go to them. Toiling [β α σ α ν ι ζ ο μ ε ν ο υ ς]. Lit., tormented. Rev., distre...