King James Version
What Does Mark 4:36 Mean?
“And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.”
Context
34
But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone , he expounded all things to his disciples.
35
And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
36
And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37
And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38
And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(36) **They took him even as he was.**—The phrase is peculiar to this Gospel, and seems to point to the impression made on the mind of St. Mark’s informant by the utter exhaustion that followed on the long day’s labours. St. John’s statement that our Lord, on His journey through Samaria, “being wearied . . . sat thus on the well” (John 4:6), presents an interesting parallel.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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