Mark 6:35

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.

Mark 6:35 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:35

And when the day was now far spent
Or "much time was gone", in teaching the people, and healing the sick:

his disciples came unto him;
nearer to him, as he was preaching, or healing the sick;

and said, this is a desert place, and now the time is far passed;
(See Gill on Matthew 14:15).

Mark 6:35 In-Context

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.

36 Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding farms and villages [and] purchase something to eat for themselves."

37 But he answered [and] said to them, "You give them [something] to eat." And they said to him, "Should we go [and] purchase bread for two hundred denarii and give [it] to them to eat?"

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("came up") which is understood as temporal