Mark 6:36

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

Mark 6:36 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:36

Send them away
Leave off preaching, dismiss the assembly; see ( Matthew 14:15 ) ;

that they may go into the country round about;
or "into the fields"; that is, to the odd houses; which were here and there in the fields; (See Gill on Mark 5:14);

and into the villages;
the little country towns that were near at hand:

and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat;
they brought no provisions with them, and there were none to be had in that desert place; and it was high time they had some refreshment; for the usual time of dining was past, the first evening was come, the day was on the decline, and was far spent.

Mark 6:36 In-Context

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?"

38 And he said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And [when they] found out, they said, "Five, and two fish."

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("go") has been translated as a finite verb