Mark 6:39

And he commanded them to make all sit down,.... Christ ordered his disciples, without any more ado, to cause the whole multitude, men, women, and children, to sit, or lie down, as they used to do at…

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…

by companies Literally, drinking parties. The word alludes to an orderly social grouping, catervatim. The words are repeated by a Hebraism in the original, like the "two and two" of Mar 6:7.

upon the…