Matthew 8:18

Ἰδὼν … περὶ αὐτόν. The evangelist makes a desire to escape from the crowd the motive of the journey. This desire is still more apparent in Mark, but the crowd and the time are different. The multitude from which Jesus escapes, in Mark's narrative, is that gathered on the shore to hear the parable-discourse from a boat on the lake. ἐκέλευσεν ἀπελθεῖν. Grotius thinks this elliptical for: ἐκέλευσε πάντα ἐτοιμάσαι εἰς τὸ ἀπ. Beza renders: indixit profectionem = He ordered departure. τοὺς μαθητάς is understood, not mentioned because they alone could be meant.