Mark 6:54

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

Mark 6:54 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:54

And when they were come out of the ship
Christ and his disciples, and were ashore,

straightway they knew him;
that is, the men of that place, as in Mt. 14:35, (See Gill on Matthew 14:35); and so the Syriac, Arabic, and Persic versions read here, "the inhabitants of that country", the country of Gennesaret; they knew him, having seen and heard him before.

Mark 6:54 In-Context

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.

56 And wherever he would go, into villages or into towns or to farms, they would put those who were sick in the marketplaces and would implore him that if they could touch even the edge of his cloak. And all those who touched it were healed.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here "[people]" is supplied as the subject of the verb because the third person pronoun "they" could be confused with the disciples getting out of the boat earlier in this verse