Mark 8:1
Verse 1 of 38. The 8th of 16 chapters in Mark, in The Gospels.
1In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
2I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
4And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
Mark 8:1 in the World English Bible
In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself and said to them,Read Mark 8:1 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Mark 8:1
That our Lord Jesus was greatly followed; The multitude was very great (v. 1); notwithstanding the wicked arts of the scribes and Pharisees to blemish him, and to blast his interest, the common people, who had more honesty, and therefore more true wisdom, than their leaders, kept up their high thoughts of him.
Read Matthew Henry on Mark 8:1–9: Christ Feeds the Four Thousand.
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