Mark 6:45

Jesus Walks on Water

45 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd. ¹

Mark 6:45 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:45

And straightway he constrained his disciples
The reasons of this is (See Gill on Matthew 14:22),

to get into the ship;
in which they came to this place, and which was waiting for them:

and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida;
or rather "to go to the other side over against Bethsaida"; for they were now in a desert belonging to that city, wherefore they were ordered to go, and did go to the other side of the sea of Tiberias, or Galilee, even to Capernaum, as appears from ( John 6:17 John 6:24 John 6:25 ) ;

while he sent away the people; (See Gill on Matthew 14:22).

Mark 6:45 In-Context

43 and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.

44 And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.

45 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.

46 After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.

47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and Jesus was alone on land.

Cross References

• 1. (Matthew 14:22–33; John 6:16–21)