Mark 8:3

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4And his disciples answered him—Whence shall any one be able, here, to fill, these, with bread, in a desert?

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Cross References

Judges 8:4And Gideon came towards the Jordan, being about to pass over—he, and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing.

1 Samuel 30:10But David pursued, he. and four hundred men,—but the two hundred men stayed, because they were too wearied to cross over the ravine of Besor.

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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