King James Version
What Does Mark 8:2 Mean?
“I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:”
Context
1
In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
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I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
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.
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And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Concise CommentaryChapter 8
Chapter Outline
Four thousand fed by a miracle.(1-10)
Christ cautions against the Pharisees and Herodians.(11-21)
A blind man healed.(22-26)
Peter's testimony to Christ.(27-33)
Christ must be followed.(34-38)
**Verses 1-10**
Our Lord Jesus encouraged the meanest to come to him for life and grace. Christ knows and considers our frames. The bounty of Christ is always ready; to show that, he repeated this miracle. His favours are renewed, as our wants and necessities are. And those need not fear want, who have Christ to live upon by faith, and do so with thanksgiving.
Matthew Henry (1662–1714). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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Cross-References
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