Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Mark 6:31
Verse 31. Rest a while] Rest is necessary for those who labour; and a zealous preacher of the Gospel will as often stand in need of it as a galley slave.
Verse 31. Rest a while] Rest is necessary for those who labour; and a zealous preacher of the Gospel will as often stand in need of it as a galley slave.
A DESERT PLACE - A retired place, across the sea from Capernaum, where they would be free from interruption. THERE WERE MANY COMING AND GOING - Coming to be healed and retiring, or coming to hear him...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Servant rejected in Nazareth. (Mark 6:1. Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16)_ 2. The Servant sends forth the Twelve. (Mark 6:7 .
THE FEEDING OF THE MULTITUDE. Mk. regards the disciples-' need of rest after their missionary labours as the occasion for retirement. The hostility of Herod may also have contributed to the decision t...
WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (Mark 6:1-6)...
The apostles came together again to Jesus, and they told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, "Come you by yourselves into a lonely place, and rest for a while." For there were many...
COME... APART. See note on "withdrew" (Mark 3:7....
_there were many coming and going_ The Passover was now nigh at hand (John 6:4) and the pilgrim companies would be on the move towards the Holy City....
ΛΈΓΕΙ ([1267][1268][1269][1270][1271] 33) rather than εἶπεν ([1272][1273][1274][1275]). [1267] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine on Mount...
30–44. RETURN OF THE TWELVE. FEEDING OF FIVE THOUSAND Matthew 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14....
Ver 30. And the Apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told Him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31. And He said unto them, "Come ye yourselves apart into...
_JESUS FED THE FIVE THOUSAND MARK 6:30-44:_ The apostles returned to Jesus and told Him what they had done and what they had taught. He wanted them to have a little time to rest so he took them to a d...
ΔΕΎΤΕ (G1205) идите! ΎΜΕΪΣ ΑΎΤΟΊ вы сами. "Я имею в виду: вы" (Gundry, 322). ΚΑΤ' ΙΔΊΑΝ наедине, ΆΝΑΠΑΎΣΑΣΘΕ _aor. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΑΝΑΠΑΎΩ (G373) прекращать; _med._ отдыхать, восстанавливать...
_SUMMARY 6:1_7:23 The testimony for Jesus furnished by the preceding section, is based chiefly on the opinions which men formed concerning him. The disciples, though slow and hard of heart to realize...
7. THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND 6:30-44. _TEXT 6:30-44_ And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus; and they told him all things, whatsoever they had done, and whatsoever they had tau...
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. AND HE SAID, COME YE YOURSELV...
18 It was contrary to the plainest precepts of the law to marry the wife of a brother (Lev_18:16; Lev_20:21). This Herod was usually surnamed _ Antipas_, being the son of Herod the great and a Samarit...
VISIT TO NAZARETH. MISSION OF THE TWELVE. EXECUTION OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1-6. Visit to Nazareth (Matthew 13:54)....
RETURN OF THE APOSTLES. FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND (Matthew 14:13; Luke 9:10; John 6:1). See on Mt and Jn. The graphic touches in Mk should be noticed: 'Come ye yourselves apart,' etc.; 'no leisure so...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 6 JESUS IN NAZARETH VERSES 1-6 Everywhere that Jesus went, the crowds came. They w...
CHAPTER 6:30-46 (MARK 6:30) BREAD IN THE DESERT "And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus; and they told Him all things, whatsoever they had done, and whatsoever they had taught. And He...
ὑμεῖς αὐτοὶ, either: you yourselves, _vos ipsi_, without the crowd (Meyer, Schanz), or, better: you the same men who have been hard at work and need rest (Weiss in Meyer, Holtz., H. C.). This sympathy...
_Return of the Twelve_ (Matthew 14:13; Luke 9:10-11)....
THE SYMPATHY AND COMPASSION OF JESUS Mark 6:30-56 When the Apostles returned they had much to tell. Some were flushed with success, others radiant with victory over demons, others, perhaps, overstrai...
"He could there do no mighty work." Not that He in Himself was unable, for His hands laid on a few sick folk brought healing, but that the condition of wilful and persistent unbelief limited the power...
(6) And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. (6) Such as follow Christ w...
THE TWELVE RETURN Mark 6:30-44. “And the apostles come together to Jesus, and proclaim to Him all things, even so many things as they did, and so many things as they taught. He said to them, Come ye a...
(30) And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. (31) And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a d...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
_THE REST BY THE WAY_ ‘And He said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while.’ Mark 6:31 Here we see that Jesus cares for those who work for Him. How may we find tru...
In that which follows, the history (properly so called) of His service is resumed (chapter 6). Only we see Him already rejected by a blinded people, in spite of the power which He had manifested, and...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM,.... After he had heard their account, was satisfied with it, and approved of what they had said and done: COME YE YOURSELVES APART INTO A DESERT PLACE, AND REST A WHILE: where...
And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. Ver. 31. _Rest a while_] God wo...
A DESERT PLACE; a place less frequented, that they might be more retired. Occasional retirement from the tumult of the world is needful for all men, especially for ministers of the gospel. They need t...
The return of the apostles:...
AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, COME YE YOURSELVES APART INTO A DESERT PLACE AND REST A WHILE; FOR THERE WERE MANY COMING AND GOING, AND THEY HAD NO LEISURE SO MUCH AS TO EAT....
S T R E S S!! PART 1 - CAUSE OF STRESS Define: A. Stress: 1. Stress is really an integral part of life. We set our whole pattern of life by our stress endpoint. If we hit it exactly we live dynamic, p...
30-44 Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils of others of his disciples, and prov...
Ver. 31-33. Matthew makes the cause of this motion of our Saviour's to have been his receiving the report of Herod's dealing with John the Baptist, as we often find him yielding to the fury of his adv...
Mark 6:31 And G2532 said G2036 (G5627) them G846 Come G1205 (G5773) aside G2596 G2398 yourselves...
THE WIDER MINISTRY BEGINS - THE APOSTLES ARE SENT OUT - OPPOSITION CONTINUES (6:6A-56). Having established that Jesus is Lord of the elements, Lord over evil spirits and Lord over life and death, Mark...
THE DISCIPLES RETURN AND TAKE A BREAK - THE FEEDING OF FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE (6:30-44). When the disciples returned and explained to Jesus all that had happened He sought to take them somewhere where t...
‘And he says to them, “Come you yourselves apart into an isolated (or desert) place and rest awhile.” For there were many coming and going and they had no leisure so much as to eat.' Recognising the s...
THE entire independence of Mark's Gospel is fully apparent in this section, which tells of one of the few events recorded by all four Evangelists. In the emendations we have sought to reproduce the vi...
Mark 6:31. COMA YE YOURSELVES (_i.e.,_ you alone) AND REST AWHILE. The motive was that _they_ should rest. Another reason for this departure was Herod's state of mind....
COME YE YOURSELVES APART INTO A DESERT PLACE AND REST AWHILE (Δευτε υμεις αυτο κατ' ιδιαν εις ερημον τοπον κα αναπαυεσθε ολιγον). It was plain that they were over-wrought and excited and needed ref...
Mark 6:30 The Marvellous Meal. I. The disciples had been away from Jesus, on their first missionary tour, journeying on foot from town to town, preaching what He had taught them, and working miracles...
Mark 6:30 Devotion possible in the Busiest Life. We may learn from our Lord's life of toil, that there is nothing in a life of perpetual labour to hinder our attaining to the highest measure of perfe...
Mark 6:31 Christian Work and Christian Rest. I. With all our Lord's constant activity in doing good, let us hear the words of this text, "Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a whil...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent out to preach. Murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the sea. Jesus heals many at Gennesaret. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Herod, Herodias, her daughter,...
Mark 6:3. _Is not this the carpenter?_ The jews were bound to teach their children some trade, as no man could say what the vicissitudes of life might be. Hence Lightfoot cites the following passage f...
LET US GO OFF BY OURSELVES. For notes on the feeding of the Five Thousand, see Matthew 13:13-21. All four Gospels give this account....
_Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place._ THE SAVIOUR’S INVITATION TO REST I. Note the tenderness of Christ. II. Labour lightened is not lost. III. Spiritual work especially needs rest. IV....
NO TIME TO WASTE They had no leisure so much as to eat. Mark 6:31. What do you call a busy day? Is it a day filled with some hard work at your lessons, some good fun at your games, and some kind de...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 6:14 The death of John the Baptist casts an ominous shadow on Jesus’ future. Jesus’ life is in danger, partly because of his authoritative, miraculous deeds. ⇐
Jesus feeds five thousand Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-15;...
CHAPTER 6 1 _Christ is contemned of his countrymen_. 7 _He giveth the twelve power over unclean spirits_. 14 _Divers opinions of Christ_. 27 _John Baptist is beheaded_, 29 _and buried_. 30 _The apostl...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Mark 6:30_ (PARALLELS: Matthew 14:13; Luke 9:10.) _Rest after work_.—The disciples had just returned from the missionary journey through Galilee and Judea. Their M...
EXPOSITION MARK 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY, the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfo...
Shall we turn to Mark's gospel, chapter 6. Jesus had been in the city of Capernaum there on the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. And He has just brought back to life the daughter of Jairus, one of...
John 6:1; Mark 1:45; Mark 3:20; Mark 3:7; Matthew 14:13...
Come apart. See on chapter Mark 3:7....
HEROD, OR, ALMOST BUT LOST Mark 6:14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The record of Herod shall ever remain as a warning to those who are almost saved. Let us suggest a few others who came close to the door of e...
Matthew 14:13; John 6:1....