Mark 6:46

46 And [after he] had said farewell to them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

Mark 6:46 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:46

And when he had sent them away
Either his disciples, or rather the multitude:

he departed into a mountain to pray:
after his disciples were gone, and he had dismissed the people, he went from the desert where he had been, up into a mountain; being a retired place, to spend some time in private prayer to God; (See Gill on Matthew 14:23).

Mark 6:46 In-Context

44 And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

45 And immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself dismissed the crowd.

46 And [after he] had said farewell to them, he went away to the mountain to pray.

47 And [when] evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he [was] alone on the land.

48 And he saw them being beaten in their rowing because the wind was against them. Around the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he was wanting to pass by them.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[after]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("went away") which is understood as temporal