Mark 4:36

This verse describes the manner in which Christ's wish was carried out it was in effect a flight along the only line of retreat, the shore being besieged by the crowd = leaving (ἀφέντες, not dismissing) the crowd they carry Him off (avehunt, Grotius) as He was in the ship (ὡς ἦν = ὡς εἶχεν) sine apparatu (Bengel) and sine morâ; but there were also other boats with Him, i.e., with His boat. This last fact, peculiar to Mark, is added to show that even seawards escape was difficult. Some of the people had got into boats to be nearer the Speaker. The δὲ after ἄλλα, though doubtful, helps to bring out the sense. This is another of Mark's realisms.