Mark 6 · Verse 32

Mark 6:32

And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
Mark 6:32, King James Version

Mark 6:32 in other translations

BSBSo they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.
WEBThey went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves.
ASVAnd they went away in the boat to a desert place apart.
YLTand they went away to a desert place, in the boat, by themselves.
DARBYAnd they went away apart into a desert place by ship.
BBEAnd they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves.
WebsterAnd they departed into a desert place in a boat privately.

What does Mark 6:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. And they departed into a desert place by ship privately--"over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias," says John (Joh 6:1), the only one of the Evangelists who so fully describes it; the others having written when their readers were supposed to know something of it, while the last wrote for those at a greater distance of time and place. This "desert place" is more definitely described by Luke (Lu 9:10) as "belonging to the city called Bethsaida." This must not be confounded with the town so called on the western side of the lake (see on Mt 11:21). This town lay on its northeastern side, near where the Jordan empties itself into it: in Gaulonitis, out of the dominions of Herod Antipas, and within the dominions of Philip the Tetrarch (Lu 3:1), who raised it from a village to a city, and called it Julias, in honor of Julia, the daughter of Augustus [Josephus, Antiquities, 18.2,1].

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Barnes' Notes
Verses 32-44. Mt 14:13 and Mt 14:14-21

Verse 32. By ship. By a boat, a small vessel.

Privately. Without making their plan known. They intended to go privately. It appears, however, that their intention became known, and multitudes followed them.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 6:30-44

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 provides rest for those that are tired, and refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of Christ's word, and then he took care that they should not want bodily food. If Christ and his disciples put…

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Mark 6:32 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
ἀπῆλθονapēlthonthey went awayG565
τῷtōtheG3588
πλοίῳploiōboatG4143
εἰςeisintoG1519
ἔρημονerēmon[a] solitaryG2048
τόπονtoponplaceG5117
κατ᾽kat᾽onG2596
ἰδίαν.idian[their] own.G2398

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

Cross references for Mark 6:32

  • Mark 6:45

    And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.

  • Mark 8:2-9

    I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. …

  • 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 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.

  • Matthew 14:13-21

    When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. …

  • John 6:5-13

    When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him, …

  • Luke 9:10-17

    And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. …

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Context

  • Mark 6:31

    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.

  • Mark 6:32

    And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.

  • Mark 6:33

    And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

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Mark 6:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y se fueron en un barco al lugar desierto aparte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ils s’en allèrent dans un bateau en un lieu désert, à l’écart.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und sie gingen hin in einem Schiffe an einen öden Ort besonders;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et ascendentes in navim, abierunt in desertum locum seorsum.