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Selected Verse: Mark 8:3 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Mr 8:3 |
King James |
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way--In their eagerness they seem not to have thought of the need of provisions for such a length of time; but the Lord thought of it. In Matthew (Mat 15:32) it is, "I will not send them away fasting"--or rather, "To send them away fasting I am unwilling." |
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Faint
See on Mat 15:32. Wyc., fail.
Some of them came from far
Peculiar to Mark. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
For divers of them came from far - And they could not possibly reach their respective homes without perishing, unless they got food. |
32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.