Mark 4 · Verse 36

Mark 4:36

And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
Mark 4:36, King James Version

Mark 4:36 in other translations

BSBAfter they had dismissed the crowd, they took Jesus with them, since He was already in the boat. And there were other boats with Him.
WEBLeaving the multitude, they took him with them, even as he was, in the boat. Other small boats were also with him.
ASVAnd leaving the multitude, they take him with them, even as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.
YLTand having let away the multitude, they take him up as he was in the boat, and other little boats also were with him.
DARBYand having sent away the crowd, they take him with them, as he was, in the ship. But other ships also were with him.
BBEAnd going away from the people, they took him with them, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him.
WebsterAnd when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the boat. And there were also with him other small boats.

What does Mark 4:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
36. And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship--that is, without any preparation, and without so much as leaving the vessel, out of which He had been all day teaching. And there were also with him other little ships--with passengers, probably, wishing to accompany Him.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 36. Even as he was in the ship. They took him without making any preparation for the voyage; without providing any food or raiment. He was sitting in a ship, or boat, instructing the people. In the same boat, probably ill-fitted to encounter a storm on the lake, they sailed. This would render their danger more imminent, and the miracle more striking.

There were also with him other little ships. Belonging probably to the people, who, seeing him sail, resolved to follow him.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 36 They took him even as he was in the ship - That is, the disciples; he was now εν τῳ πλοιῳ, in the boat, i.e. his own boat which usually waited on him, and out of which it appears he was then teaching the people. There were several others there which he might have gone in, had this one not been in the place. The construction of this verse is exceedingly difficult; the meaning appears to be this: - The disciples sailed off with him just as he was in the boat out of which he had been teaching the people; and they did not wait to provide any accommodations for the passage. This I believe to be the meaning of the inspired penman.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 4:35-41

Christ was asleep in the storm, to try the faith of his disciples, and to stir them up to pray. Their faith appeared weak, and their prayers strong. When our wicked hearts are like the troubled sea which cannot rest, when our passions are unruly, let us think we hear the law of Christ, saying, Be silent, be dumb. When without are fightings, and within are fears, and the spirits are in a tumult, if he say, "Peace, be…

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Mark 4:36 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
ἀφέντεςaphenteshaving dismissedG863
τὸνtontheG3588
ὄχλονochloncrowdG3793
παραλαμβάνουσινparalambanousinthey take with [them]G3880
αὐτὸνautonHimG846
ὡςhōssinceG5613
ἦνēnHe wasG1510
ἐνeninG1722
τῷtōtheG3588
πλοίῳ,ploiōboat,G4143
καὶkaialsoG2532
ἄλλαallaotherG243
πλοῖαploiaboatsG4143
ἦνēnwereG1510
μετ᾽met᾽withG3326
αὐτοῦ.autouHim.G846

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 4:36

  • Mark 4:1

    And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

  • Mark 3:9

    And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

  • Mark 5:2

    And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

  • Mark 5:21

    And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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1; 3:9

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Context

  • Mark 4:35

    And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

  • Mark 4:36

    And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.

  • Mark 4:37

    And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

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Mark 4:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y despachando la multitud, le tomaron como estaba, en el barco; y había también con él otros barquitos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ayant renvoyé la foule, ils le prennent dans un bateau, comme il était; et d’autres bateaux aussi étaient avec lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als er die Volksmenge entlassen hatte, nehmen sie ihn, wie er war, in dem Schiffe mit. Aber auch andere Schiffe waren mit ihm.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dimittentes turbam, assumunt eum ita ut erat in navi: et aliæ naves erant cum illo.