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.
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Gill's Exposition
Send them away,.... Leave off preaching, dismiss the assembly; see Mat 14:15;
that they may go into the country round about; or "into the fields"; that is, to the odd houses; which were here and…
See this narrative explained in the notes at Mat 14:13-21. Mar 6:32 By ship - By a boat or a small vessel. Privately - Without making their plan known. They intended to go privately. It appears,…
In there verses, we have,
I. The return to Christ of the apostles whom he had sent forth (Mar 6:7), to preach, and work miracles. They had dispersed themselves into several quarters of the country for…
Cambridge Bible
send them away Already earlier in the day the Lord had asked the Apostle Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?and he, thinking of no other supplies save such as natural means could…