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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See this passage explained in the notes at Mat 15:32-39. Mar 8:1 In those days - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man. Having nothing to eat - Having come unprovided, or…
Adam Clarke
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…
We had the story of a miracle very like this before, in this gospel (Mar 6:35), and of this same miracle (Mat 15:32), and here is little or no addition or alternation as to the circumstances. Yet…
Cambridge Bible
Mar 8:1-9. The Feeding of the Four Thousand
1. the multitude being very great The effect of these miraculous cures on the inhabitants of the half-pagan district of Decapolis was very great. So widely…