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Scott's Reference Library
Mark 6:30 through Mark 6:34 (NIV)
30The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done
and taught. 31Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did
not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a
quiet place and get some rest.”
32So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. 33But many who
saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got
there ahead of them. 34When 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.
Mark 6:53 through Mark 6:56 (NIV)
53When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there.
54As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. 55They ran
throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard
he was. 56And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed
the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of
his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 30-44
Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing
should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils
of others of his disciples, and provides rest for those that are tired, and
refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of
Christ’s word, and then he took care that they should not want bodily food. If
Christ and his disciples put up with mean things, surely we may. And this
miracle shows that Christ came into the world, not only to restore, but to
preserve and nourish spiritual life; in him there is enough for all that come.
None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of
themselves. Though Christ had bread enough at command, he teaches us not to
waste any of God’s bounties, remembering how many are in want. We may, some
time, need the fragments that we now throw away.
VERSES 45-56
The church is often like a ship at sea, tossed with tempests, and not comforted:
we may have Christ for us, yet wind and tide against us; but it is a comfort to
Christ’s disciples in a storm, that their Master is in the heavenly mount,
interceding for them. And no difficulties can hinder Christ’s appearance for his
people, when the set time is come. He silenced their fears, by making himself
known to them. Our fears are soon satisfied, if our mistakes are set right,
especially our mistakes as to Christ. Let the disciples have their Master with
them, and all is well. It is for want of rightly understanding Christ’s former
works, that we view his present works as if there never were the like before. If
Christ’s ministers now could cure people’s bodily diseases, what multitudes
would flock after them! It is sad to think how much more most care about their
bodies than about their souls.