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Mark 8

Mark 8:3

The Feeding of the Four Thousand · Mark 8:1–10
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Translations

Modern
If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”
Traditional
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
Literal
And if I shall dismiss them hungry to their house, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from afar.”
Latin
…et si dimisero eos jejunos in domum suam, deficient in via: quidam enim ex eis de longe venerunt.

Interlinear

Greek
English
If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

Notes

Mark 8:1–3

The last mention of a large crowd was during the feeding of the 5,000 (6:34). Jesus showed compassion in 6:34 because the people were "like sheep without a shepherd."

These stories show the concern Jesus has for the whole person. Here, he especially focuses on their hunger. They were in the wilderness and had no food (8:1,4). They had been with Jesus for three days without food and had traveled a long way (8:2). They needed to eat before going home (8:3).

Mark 8:1–10

The stories about feeding the 4,000 and the 5,000 are similar. All four Gospels report the earlier feeding of the 5,000 (6:35–44; Matthew 14:13–21; Luke 9:10–17; John 6:1–15). Only Mark and Matthew also record the feeding of the 4,000 as a separate miracle (Matthew 15:32–39; Mark 8:19–21; Matthew 16:9–10). The details of the events are different.

Events

Parallels

2 Kings 4:42–44 Matthew 15:29–39

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Heal, Healing Homes and Dwellings Mark, Gospel of Miracle

Topics

Jesus, the Christ: Compassion of Jesus, the Christ: Feeds More than Four-Thousand People Jesus, the Christ: Miracles of More than Four-Thousand People Fed Miracles of Jesus, in Chronological Order: Feeds More than Four-Thousand People