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Feeding the Five Thousand

30 aThen the apostles gathered to Jesus and told Him all things, both what they had done and what they had taught.  
31 aAnd He said to them, “Come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” For bthere were many coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.  
32 aSo they departed to a deserted place in the boat by themselves.  
33 But1 the multitudes saw them departing, and many aknew Him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to Him.  
34 aAnd Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like bsheep not having a shepherd. So cHe began to teach them many things.  
35 aWhen the day was now far spent, His disciples came to Him and said, “This is a deserted place, and already the hour is late.  
36 Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy themselves1 bread; for they have nothing to eat.”  
37 But He answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said to Him, a“Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give them something to eat?”  
38 But He said to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go and see.” And when they found out they said, a“Five, and two fish.”  
39 Then He acommanded them to make them all sit down in groups on the green grass.  
40 So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties.
41 And when He had taken the five loaves and the two fish, He alooked up to heaven, bblessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and the two fish He divided among them all.  
42 So they all ate and were filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full of fragments and of the fish.
44 Now those who had eaten the loaves were1 about five thousand men.  

Jesus Walks on the Sea

45 aImmediately He1 made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while He sent the multitude away.  
46 And when He had sent them away, He adeparted to the mountain to pray.  
47 Now when evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea; and He was alone on the land.
48 Then He saw them straining at rowing, for the wind was against them. Now about the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea, and awould have passed them by.  
49 And when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed it was a aghost, and cried out;  
50 for they all saw Him and were troubled. But immediately He talked with them and said to them, a“Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be bafraid.”  
51 Then He went up into the boat to them, and the wind aceased. And they were greatly bamazed in themselves beyond measure, and marveled.  
52 For athey had not understood about the loaves, because their bheart was hardened.  

Many Touch Him and Are Made Well

53 aWhen they had crossed over, they came to the land of Gennesaret and anchored there.  
54 And when they came out of the boat, immediately1 the people recognized Him,  
55 ran through that whole surrounding region, and began to carry about on beds those who were sick to wherever they heard He was.
56 Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that athey might just touch the bhem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well. 
Book Notes:
Barnes' Book Notes



Preface to Mark

Of Mark, the writer of this Gospel, little is certainly known. He is commonly supposed to be the same that is several times mentioned in the New Testament. He was not an apostle, or companion of the Lord Jesus, during his ministry, though some of the fathers affirm that he was one of the seventy disciples. This is improbable, as he is mentioned by Peter I Peter 5:13 as "his son;" from which it is supposed that he was converted by the instrumentality of Peter.

From the New Testament we learn that he was sister' s son to Barnabas Colossians 4:10; and that his mother' s name was Mary, a pious woman in Jerusalem, at whose house the apostles and primitive Christians often assembled, Acts 12:12.

His Hebrew name was John Acts 12:12, and it is probable that he adopted a name better known or more familiar when he visited the Gentiles, a practice not uncommon in that age. He was at first the companion of Paul and Barnabas in their journeys to propagate Christianity, Acts 12:25; Acts 13:5; Acts 15:37. He chose not to attend them through their whole journey, but left them in Pamphylia, and probably returned to Jerusalem, Acts 15:38. Probably at this time he was the companion of Peter, and traveled with him to Babylon, I Peter 5:13. Afterward he went with Barnabas to Cyprus, Acts 15:39. Subsequently he went to Rome, at the express desire of Paul, in company with Timothy, II Timothy 4:11. He remained at Rome while Paul was a captive there, but how long is uncertain, Colossians 4:10; Philemon 1:24. From Eusebius, Epiphanius, and Jerome we hear that Mark went from Rome to Alexandria, in Egypt, where he planted a church, and died in the eighth year of the reign of Nero, 64 ad

The time when this Gospel was written is not certainly known. It is supposed to have been between the years 56 and 63 a.d. It is allowed by all that it was written at Rome; of course it was during the latter years of his life, after the apostles had left Judea, Mark 16:20. Mark was for a considerable time the companion of Peter. Though he had not himself been with the Saviour in his ministry, yet, from his long acquaintance with "Peter," he was familiar with the events of his life, and with his instructions. The uniform testimony of the fathers is that he was the "interpreter" of Peter, and that he wrote this Gospel under the eye of Peter and with his approbation. It has come down to us, therefore, with the sanction of Peter' s authority. Its right to a place among the inspired books has never been questioned. That it was written by Mark, that it was with Peter' s approbation, that it was a record of the "facts" which Peter stated in his ministry, and that it was therefore an inspired book, has never been questioned.

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