Mark 6:33

33 And many [people] saw them leaving and recognized [them], and ran there together by land from all the towns, and arrived ahead of them.

Mark 6:33 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:33

And the people saw them departing
The multitude that came to and fro, saw Christ and his disciples taking ship, and launching off; for though they were as private as could be, and intended to have gone in a very private manner, yet the people observed them:

and many knew him:
Jesus; some copies read, "them"; and so do the Syriac and Ethiopic versions; they knew both Christ and his disciples, though they were in the ship, and at some distance:

and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and out went them, and came
together unto him;
they went on foot, as they might from Capernaum, Nazareth, and the parts adjacent, over the bridge at Chammath of Gadara, to this place, that belonged to Bethsaida; whither they perceived they steered, and made such haste, that they got thither before them; and the people that flocked from several cities met together, and came to Jesus, to hear his doctrine, and see his miracles,

Mark 6:33 In-Context

31 And he said to them, "You yourselves come privately to an isolated place and rest for a short time." For those [who were] coming and going were many, and they did not even have time to eat.

32 And they went away in the boat to an isolated place by themselves.

33 And many [people] saw them leaving and recognized [them], and ran there together by land from all the towns, and arrived ahead of them.

34 And getting out [of the boat] he saw the large crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep {without} a shepherd, and he began to teach them many [things].

35 And the hour had already become late [when] his disciples came up to him, saying, "The place is desolate and the hour [is] already late.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation