Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”
Parallel Translations
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Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”
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let the departe that they maye goo into the countrey rounde about and into the tounes and bye the breed: for they have nothinge to eate.
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Let them depart, that they may goe into the countrey and townes about, and buy them bread: for they haue nothing to eate.
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Mark 6:36 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 15:23 But he answered her not a word. His disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away; for she cries after us.”
- Mark 3:21 When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him; for they said, “He is insane.”
- Mark 5:31 His disciples said to him, “You see the multitude pressing against you, and you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 36 Send them away, that they may go into…
36 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.
Ver. 36. {See Trapp on "Mat 14:15"}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Send them away,.... Leave off preaching, dismiss the assembly;…
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 there in the fields; See Gill on Mar 5:14;
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and into the villages; the little country towns that were near at hand:
and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat; they brought no provisions with them, and there were none to be had in that desert place; and it was high time they had some refreshment; for the usual time of dining was past, the first evening was come, the day was on the decline, and was far spent.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 36. send them away] Already earlier in the day…
36. 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 procure, had replied that two hundred pence would not suffice to provide sustenance for such a number (Joh_6:5-7). Then He left this confession of inability to work in their minds, and it was now in the eventide that the Apostles came to Him with the proposition contained in this verse.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (36) Into the country.—Better, the farms—i.e., the enclosed, cultivated…
(36) Into the country.—Better, the farms—i.e., the enclosed, cultivated land, and what belonged to it.
And buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.—The better MSS. give simply, “buy themselves what they may eat.”
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