Mark 8:1

BUT in those days when the multitude was great and there was nothing for them to eat, he called his disciples, and said to them,

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,

In Context

2I have compassion on this multitude, for behold three days have they continued with me, and there is nothing which they may eat.

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Cross References

Mark 6:34And Jeshu coming forth beheld the great assemblies, and had compassion upon them, they being like sheep which had no shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.

Matthew Henry on Mark 8:1

In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's miraculous feeding of four thousand with seven loaves and a few small fishes, ver. 1-9 . II. His refusing to give the Pharisees a sign from heaven, ver. 10-13 . III. His cautioning his disciples to take heed of the leaven of Pharisaism and Herodianism, ver. 14-21 . IV. His giving of sight to a blind man at Bethsaida, ver. 22-26 . V. Peter's confession of him, ver. 27-30 . VI. The notice he gave his disciples of his own approaching sufferings ( ver. 31-33 ), and the warning he… Read the whole commentary →

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