Mark 6 · Verse 36

Mark 6:36

Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
Mark 6:36, King James Version

Mark 6:36 in other translations

BSBDismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
WEBSend them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”
ASVsend them away, that they may go into the country and villages round about, and buy themselves somewhat to eat.
YLTlet them away, that, having gone away to the surrounding fields and villages, they may buy to themselves loaves, for what they may eat they have not.'
DARBYsend them away that they may go into the country and villages around, and buy themselves bread, for they have not anything they can eat.
BBESend them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.
WebsterSend them away, that they may go into the country around, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

What does Mark 6:36 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
36. Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat--John tells us (Joh 6:5, 6) that "Jesus said to 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)." The subject may have been introduced by some remark of the disciples; but the precise order and form of what was said by each can hardly be gathered with precision, nor is it of any importance.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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 6:36 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.

ἀπόλυσονapolusondo dismissG630
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846
ἵναinathatG2443
ἀπελθόντεςapelthonteshaving goneG565
εἰςeistoG1519
τοὺςtoustheG3588
κύκλῳkuklōsurroundingG2945
ἀγροὺςagrousregionG68
καὶkaiandG2532
κώμαςkōmasvillagesG2968
ἀγοράσωσινagorasōsinthey may buyG59
ἑαυτοῖςhe'autoisfor themselvesG1438
τίtisomethingG5101
ἄρτουςartousloavesG740
γὰρgarforG1063
φάγωσινphagōsinmay eatG5315
οὐκouknotG3756
ἔχουσιν.echousinthey have.G2192

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

Cross references for Mark 6:36

  • Matthew 15:23

    But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

  • Mark 3:21

    And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.

  • Mark 5:31

    And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3:21; 5:31; Mt 15:23; 16:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Mark 6:35

    And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

  • Mark 6:36

    Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

  • Mark 6:37

    He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?

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Mark 6:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Envíalos para que vayan á los cortijos y aldeas de alrededor, y compren para sí pan; porque no tienen qué comer.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
renvoie-les, afin qu’ils s’en aillent dans les campagnes et les villages d’alentour, et qu’ils s’achètent du pain; car ils n’ont rien à manger.
German
Elberfelder 1871
entlaß sie, auf daß sie hingehen auf das Land und in die Dörfer ringsum und sich Brote kaufen, denn sie haben nichts zu essen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
dimitte illos, ut euntes in proximas villas et vicos, emant sibi cibos, quos manducent.