Mark 6:53

Many Healed at Gennesaret

53 And [after they] had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored [there].

Mark 6:53 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:53

And when they had passed over
The lake of Gennesaret, or sea of "Galilee",

they came into the land of Gennesaret; (See Gill on Matthew 14:34); to Capernaum, as appears from ( John 6:17 John 6:24 ) for Capernaum was in the land of Gennesaret; to which agrees what Josephus says, that the land of Gennesaret was watered with a very excellent spring, which the inhabitants of that place called Capernaum ^F8:

and drew to the shore:
this is omitted in the Syriac and Persic versions: and the Arabic reads, "and they cast anchors".

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 De Bello Jud. l. 3. c. 35.

Mark 6:53 In-Context

51 And he went up with them into the boat, and the wind abated. And {they were extraordinarily} astounded within themselves,

52 because they did not understand concerning the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.

53 And [after they] had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored [there].

54 And [as] they were getting out of the boat, [people] recognized him immediately.

55 They ran about [through] that whole region and began to carry around those {who were sick} on stretchers, wherever they heard that he was.

Footnotes

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