Mark 6:30

οἱ�. Mk used the title Mark 3:14 by anticipation; here it is in place after their return from their first missionary journey, but Mk does not use it again. Οἱ� is freq. in Lk. and Acts; in all four Gospels οἱ δώδεκα is freq. It is probable that a date had been fixed for the return of the Apostles, and they arrived about the time when John’s disciples reported his death. Mt. makes this report the cause of Christ’s withdrawal.

ὅσα ἐποίησαν. Not unnaturally, they put their deeds, including miracles, before their teaching. Cf. Luke 10:17. Christ’s estimate made the miracles secondary. Syr-Sin. has “what he (John) had done and taught.” Cf. Acts 1:1.