Mark 6:30

transfers us from the past date of the horrible deed just related to the time when the fame of Jesus and His disciples recalled the deed of guilt to Herod's mind. συνάγονται οἱ ἀπόστολοι πρὸς τὸν Ἰησοῦν, the apostles (here only, and not in the technical sense of after days, but = the men sent out on the Galilean mission, the missioners) gather to Jesus. Where? after how long? and what has Jesus been doing the while? No answer is possible. These are gaps in the evangelic history. πάντα ὅσα ἐπ.: suggests that they had great things to tell, though Mark 6:12-13 create very moderate expectations. The repetition of ὅσα before ἐδίδαξαν = how much they had taught (“quanta docuerant,” Fritzsche), may surprise. The teaching element could not be extensive in the range of topics. Yet, if it took the form of personal narrative concerning Jesus, it might be copious enough, and really the principal feature of the mission. Vide notes on Mt., chap. 10