Μᾶρκον 8:3

Greek Modern Translation

και εαν απολυσω αυτους νηστεις εις τους οικους αυτων, θελουσιν αποκαμει καθ' οδον· διοτι τινες εξ αυτων ηλθον μακροθεν.

Parallel Translations

Byzantine/Majority Text
και εαν απολυσω αυτους νηστεις εις οικον αυτων εκλυθησονται εν τη οδω τινες γας αυτων μακροθεν ηκουσιν

SBL Greek New Testament (2010)
καὶ ἐὰν ἀπολύσω αὐτοὺς νήστεις εἰς οἶκον αὐτῶν, ἐκλυθήσονται ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ· ⸂καί τινες⸃ αὐτῶν ⸀ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ⸀ἥκασιν.

Tischendorf 8th Edition
καὶ ἐὰν ἀπολύσω αὐτοὺς νήστις εἰς οἶκον αὐτῶν, ἐκλυθήσονται ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ· καί τινες αὐτῶν ἀπὸ μακρόθεν ἥκασιν.

Textus Receptus (1550/1894)
και εαν απολυσω αυτους νηστεις εις οικον αυτων εκλυθησονται εν τη οδω τινες γας αυτων μακροθεν ηκασιν

Westcott/Hort UBS4 (1881)
και εαν απολυσω αυτους νηστεις εις οικον αυτων εκλυθησονται εν τη οδω και τινες αυτων απο μακροθεν ηκασιν

Bible Verse Review
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Judges 8:4-6, 1 Samuel 14:28-31, 1 Samuel 30:10-12, Isaiah 40:31

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 19:6 - cake Psalms 107:5 - General Matthew 14:15 - send Matthew 15:32 - lest Mark 6:37 - give John 21:9 - they saw Acts 27:34 - for this

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses,.... Greek, "to their own house", or home; but all the Oriental versions render it as we do, in the plural, "their own houses", or habitations; and it seems from hence that they were now tasting, and at least had had no food all that day, whatever they might have the day before, which it not certain.

They will faint by the way; for want of food their strength will be exhausted, their animal spirits will fail, their nerves will be loosened, they will not be able to perform their journey, or get to the end of it:

for divers of them came from far; perhaps some had followed him from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, from whence he came last; and others from Decapolis, through the midst of the borders of which he passed hither; and others from different parts, who had heard of his coming; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39.

Mark 8:1

In those days - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man.

Having nothing to eat - Having come unprovided, or having consumed what they had brought.

Mark 8:2

I have compassions - I pity their condition. I am disposed to relieve them.

Mark 8:9

Four thousand - Four thousand “men,” besides women and children. See Matthew 15:38. See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 8:3. For divers of them came from far. — And they could not possibly reach their respective homes without perishing, unless they got food.