Mark 9:30

Predictions of the Passion

30. And they departed thence From the northern regions, into which our Lord had penetrated, He now turned His steps once more towards Galilee, probably taking the route by Dan across the slopes of Lebanon, thus escaping the publicity of the ordinary high roads, and securing secrecy and seclusion. "It was the last time He was to visit the scene of so great a part of His public life, and He felt, as He journeyed on, that He would no more pass from village to village as openly as in days gone by, for the eyes of His enemies were everywhere upon Him."

and passed The word thus translated occurs five times in the N. T. It is applied to the disciples passing throughthe cornfields (Mark 2:23); to their passing byalong the road from Bethany and noticing the withered fig-tree (Mark 11:20); to those that passed byand reviled our Lord upon the Cross (Matthew 27:39; Mark 15:19). Here it seems to denote that, avoiding populous places, He and His Apostles sought bye-paths among the hills, where He would meet few and be little known.