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Mark 8:3 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Mark 8:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Mark chapter 8 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.”
Mark 8:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Mark 8:3
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. Jesus articulates the practical danger facing the crowd if dismissed without food. If I send them away fasting (ἐὰν ἀπολύσω αὐτοὺς νήστεις, ean apolusō autous nēsteis)—the conditional clause considers the consequence of dismissing them in their current state. Νήστεις (nēsteis) means fasting or without food, emphasizing their depleted physical condition after three days.To their own houses (εἰς οἶκον αὐτῶν, eis oikon autōn) indicates these people had traveled from home to hear Jesu...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Mark 8:3
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“and not be weary. They will walk”
“[and] passed over”
“and said”
“he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind”