Mark 8:10

10 and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.^[a]

Mark 8:10 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:10

And straightway he entered into a ship, with his disciples,
&c.] As soon as ever he had, dismissed the multitude, he took shipping with his disciples; for he was at the sea of Galilee, either at a place near it, or upon the shore of it; see ( Mark 7:31 ) ;

and came into the parts of Dalmanutha;
which Matthew calls, "the coasts of Magdala"; (See Gill on Matthew 15:39). The Arabic version reads it, "Magdal"; and in two of Beza's copies it is read, "Madegada"; but the Syriac version reads, "Dalmanutha"; and the Persic, "Dalmanuth"; and the Ethiopic, "Dalmathy": it was a city in the coasts of Magdala, and is thought by Dr. Lightfoot to be the same with Tzalmon, or Salmon, a place often mentioned ^F6 in the Jewish writings.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Misn. Celaim, c. 4. sect. 9. & Yebarnot, c. 16. sect. 6. T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 82. 2.

Mark 8:10 In-Context

8 They ate and were filled. Then they collected seven large baskets of leftover pieces.

9 About 4,000 [men] were there. He dismissed them

10 and immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

11 The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, demanding of Him a sign from heaven to test Him.

12 But sighing deeply in His spirit, He said, "Why does this generation demand a sign? I assure you: No sign will be given to this generation!"

Footnotes

• [a]. Probably on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee