Mark Chapter 8 verse 1 Holy Bible
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,
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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,
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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,
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In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
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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,
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In those days the multitude being very great, and not having what they may eat, Jesus having called near his disciples, saith to them,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1, 2. - The opening words of the first verse seem to imply that our Lord remained for some time on this, the north-east, side of the Sea of Galilee. The multitude being very great. The word here rendered "very great" is παμπόλλου, a word not to be found anywhere else in the New Testament. But according to the best authorities, the true reading is πάλιν πόλλου; so that the words would run, when there was again a great multitude. It has been supposed with some reason that, as an old ecclesiastical Lection began with this chapter, this may have led to the substitution of παμπόλλου for πάλιν πόλλου, in order to make the Lection more complete in itself, avoiding this reference to the context. In the original Greek construction the word ὄχλος, in the singular, is disintegrated in the next clause by a passage into the plural (καὶ μὴ ἐχόντων τί φάγουσι). This is properly marked in the Revised Version by the words, a great multitude, and they had nothing to eat. Our Lord has compassion on them. He desires not only to heal the sick, but to feed the hungry. We may here notice the burning zeal of the multitude. They were so intent upon hearing Christ, that they forgot to provide themselves with the necessaries of life. They continued with him for three days and had nothing to eat. Whatever small supplies they might have Brought with them at first were now exhausted; and still they remained, "esteeming his words to be more than their necessary food." Our Lord on his part was so. full of zeal for their good, that during all that time, with little interval, he had been preaching to them, denying himself rest, refreshment, and sleep. So true were those words of his, "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersVIII.(1) In those days.--See Notes on Matthew 15:32-38
