Mark 8:3

And if it be that I send them away fasting to their houses, they will faint in the way; for some of them come from afar.

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

In The King James Version

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.

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.

4His disciples say to him, Whence can any one here in the wilderness satisfy with bread all these?

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Matthew Henry on Mark 8:2-10

Christ Feeds the Four Thousand. 1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2 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. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked… Read the whole commentary →

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