Mark 8:2

I am moved with compassion towards the multitude, because, already three days, abide they with me, and they have nothing to eat;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, there being, again a large multitude, and they not having any thing to eat, calling near the disciples, he saith unto them—

3and, if dismiss them fasting unto their home, they will be exhausted in the way,—and, certain of them, are, from afar.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:13Like the compassion of a father for his children, Is, the compassion of Yahweh, for them who revere him;

Psalms 145:15The eyes of all, for thee, do wait, and, thou, givest them their food in its season.

Matthew 4:2and, fasting forty days and forty nights,—afterwards, he hungered.

Matthew 9:36But, seeing the multitudes, he was moved with compassion concerning them, because they were torn and thrown down, like sheep hating no shepherd.

Matthew 20:34And, moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes,—and, straightway, they recovered sight, and followed him.

Mark 5:19And he suffered him not, but saith unto him—Withdraw into thy house, unto thine own, and bear tidings unto them, how many things the Lord for thee hath done, and hath 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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