Mark 6:35

35 By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late.

Mark 6:35 in Other Translations

35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed:

35 And when it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a desolate place, and the hour is now late.

35 Late in the afternoon his disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late.

35 When his disciples thought this had gone on long enough - it was now quite late in the day - they interrupted: "We are a long way out in the country, and it's very late.

35 When it was already late, His disciples approached Him and said, "This place is a wilderness, and it 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 But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.

34 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

35 By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. “This is a remote place,” they said, “and it’s already very late.

36 Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

37 But he answered, “You give them something to eat.”They said to him, “That would take more than half a year’s wages ! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?”