Mark 8:2

I sympathize with the multitude because three days already abide unto me, and they have nothing which they may eat.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

In Context

1In those days, the multitude being large, and having nothing which they may eat, Jesus calling His disciples, says to them,

3If I shall send them away to their homes fasting, they will faint on the road; indeed some of them have come from afar.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:2And having fasted forty days and forty nights, He afterward hungered.

Matthew 9:36And seeing the multitudes, He was moved in compassion in their behalf, because they were fleeced and deserted, as sheep having no shepherd.

Matthew 20:34And Jesus being moved with compassion, touched their eyes: and immediately they looked up; and followed Him.

Mark 5:19And He did not permit him, but says to him, Go to thine own house to thy people, and proclaim to them how many things the Lord has done for thee, and had mercy on thee.

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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