Mark 3:7

7 Jesus went off with his disciples to the sea to get away. But a huge crowd from Galilee trailed after them -

Mark 3:7 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:7

But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea,
&c.] Knowing their evil designs against him, he departed out of the synagogue, and city of Capernaum; and taking his disciples with him, he went to the shore of the sea of Galilee; not out of fear, but because his time was not yet come, and he had more work to do:

and a great multitude from Galilee:
from the several parts of it, in which country he now was:

and from Judea:
that part of the land of Israel, which was particularly so called, and belonged to the tribe of Judah.

Mark 3:7 In-Context

5 He looked them in the eye, one after another, angry now, furious at their hard-nosed religion. He said to the man, "Hold out your hand." He held it out - it was as good as new!
6 The Pharisees got out as fast as they could, sputtering about how they would join forces with Herod's followers and ruin him.
7 Jesus went off with his disciples to the sea to get away. But a huge crowd from Galilee trailed after them -
8 also from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, across the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon - swarms of people who had heard the reports and had come to see for themselves.
9 He told his disciples to get a boat ready so he wouldn't be trampled by the crowd.
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