Mark 6:33

And many people saw them going, and recognised them, and from all the towns they flocked together to the place on foot, and got there before them.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In The King James Version

And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

In Context

32So they set off privately in their boat for a lonely spot.

34On getting out of the boat, Jesus saw a great crowd, and his heart was moved at the sight of them, because they were ‘like sheep without a shepherd’; and he began to teach them many things.

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Cross References

Matthew 15:29On leaving that place, Jesus went to the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and then went up the hill, and sat down., you will do what not only what has been done to the fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill ‘Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!’ it would be done.

John 6:2A great crowd of people, however, followed him, because they saw the signs of his mission in his work among those who were afflicted.

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:31-45

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes. 30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. 31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. 32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent… Read the whole commentary →

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