King James Version
Mark 6:36 in the King James Version says “Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they...” — study this verse from Mark chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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.”
Mark 6:36 · KJV
And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:
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.
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? pennyworth: the Roman penny is sevenpence halfpenny
He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
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“Send”
G630to free fully, i.e., (literally) relieve, release, dismiss (reflexively, depart), or (figuratively) let die, pardon or (specially) divorce
“them”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“they may go”
G565to go off (i.e., depart), aside (i.e., apart) or behind (i.e., follow), literally or figuratively
“into”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
“round about”
G2945i.e., in a circle (by implication, of g1722), i.e., (adverbially) all around
“the country”
G68a field (as a drive for cattle); genitive case, the country; specially, a farm, i.e., hamlet
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“and buy”
G59properly, to go to market, i.e., (by implication) to purchase; specially, to redeem
“nothing”
G5101an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
“for”
G1063properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
“they have”
G2192to hold (used in very various applications, literally or figuratively, direct or remote; such as possession; ability, contiuity, relation, or conditio
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