Mark 6:33
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New International Version
But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.


English Standard Version
Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.


New American Standard Bible
The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.


King James Bible
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.


Holman Christian Standard Bible
but many saw them leaving and recognized them. People ran there by land from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.


International Standard Version
But when many people saw them leave and recognized them, they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them.


American Standard Version
And the people'saw them going, and many knew them , and they ran together there on foot from all the cities, and outwent them.


Douay-Rheims Bible
And they saw them going away, and many knew: and they ran flocking thither on foot from all the cities, and were there before them.


Darby Bible Translation
And many saw them going, and recognised them, and ran together there on foot, out of all the cities, and got there before them.


Young's Literal Translation
And the multitudes saw them going away, and many recognised him, and by land from all the cities they ran thither, and went before them, and came together to him,


Commentaries
6:30-44 Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils of others of his disciples, and provides rest for those that are tired, and refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of Christ's word, and then he took care that they should not want bodily food. If Christ and his disciples put up with mean things, surely we may. And this miracle shows that Christ came into the world, not only to restore, but to preserve and nourish spiritual life; in him there is enough for all that come. None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves. Though Christ had bread enough at command, he teaches us not to waste any of God's bounties, remembering how many are in want. We may, some time, need the fragments that we now throw away.

33. And the people—the multitudes.

saw them departing, and many knew him—The true reading would seem to be: "And many saw them departing, and knew or recognized [them]."

and ran afoot—Here, perhaps, it should be rendered "by land"—running round by the head of the lake, and taking one of the fords of the river, so as to meet Jesus, who was crossing with the Twelve by ship.

thither out of all cities, and outwent them—got before them.

and came together unto him—How exceedingly graphic is this! every touch of it betokening the presence of an eye-witness. John (Joh 6:3) says, that "Jesus went up into a mountain"—somewhere in that hilly range, the green tableland which skirts the eastern side of the lake.

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