Mark 8:1
In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
Mark 8:1 in other translations
| BSB | In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said, |
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| WEB | In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and said to them, |
| ASV | In those days, when there was again a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, |
| YLT | In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them, |
| DARBY | In those days, there being again a great crowd, and they having nothing that they could eat, having called his disciples to him, he says to them, |
| BBE | In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them, |
| Webster | In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples, and saith to them, |
What does Mark 8:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Mr 8:1-26. Four Thousand Miraculously Fed--A Sign from Heaven Sought and Refused--The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees--A Blind Man at Bethsaida Restored to Sight. ( = Mt 15:32-16:12).
This section of miscellaneous matter evidently follows the preceding one in point of time, as will be seen by observing how it is introduced by Matthew. Feeding of the Four Thousand (Mr 8:1-9). 1. In those days the multitude being very great, &c.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Barnes' Notes
Verses 1-9. See this passage explained in Mt 15:32-39.
Verse 1. In those days. While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf and dumb man.
Having nothing to eat. Having come unprovided, or having consumed what they had brought.
(m) "In those days" Mt 15:32
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
Four thousand persons fed with seven loaves and a few small fishes, Mar 8:1-8. Christ refuses to give any farther sign to the impertinent Pharisees, Mar 8:10-12. Warns his disciples against the corrupt doctrine of the Pharisees and of Herod, Mar 8:13-21. He restores sight to a blind man, Mar 8:22-26. Asks his disciples what the public thought of him, Mar 8:27-30. Acknowledges himself to be the Christ, and that he must suffer, Mar 8:31-33. And shows that all his genuine disciples must take up their cross, suffer in his cause, and confess him before men, Mar 8:34-38. Verse 1 The multitude being very great - Or rather, There was again a great multitude. Instead of παμπολλου, very great, I read παλιν πολλου, again a great, which is the reading of BDGLM, fourteen others, all the Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Gothic, Vulgate, and Itala, and of many Evangelistaria. Griesbach approves of this reading. There had been such a multitude gathered together once before, who were fed in the same way. See Mar 6:34, etc.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 8:1-10
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Mark 8:1 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 8:1
- Matthew 15:32-39
Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. …
- Mark 6:34-44
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. 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: 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. 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
10 refuses to give a sign to the Pharisees;
14 admonishes his disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod;
22 gives a blind man his sight;
27 acknowledges that he is the Christ who should suffer and rise again;
34 and exhorts to patience in persecution for the profession of the gospel.
Mt 15:32-39
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Context
- Mark 8:1
In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
- Mark 8:2
I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
Mark 8:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | EN aquellos días, como hubo gran gentío, y no tenían qué comer, Jesús llamó á sus discípulos, y les dijo: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | En ces jours-là, comme il y avait là une fort grande foule, et qu’ils n’avaient rien à manger, Jésus, ayant appelé à lui ses disciples, leur dit: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | In jenen Tagen, als wiederum eine große Volksmenge da war und nichts zu essen hatte, rief er seine Jünger herzu und spricht zu ihnen: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | In diebus illis iterum cum turba multa esset, nec haberent quod manducarent, convocatis discipulis, ait illis: |