A.T. Robertson Commentary Mark 3:20

A.T. Robertson Commentary

Mark 3:20

1863–1934
Southern Baptist
A.T. Robertson
A.T. Robertson

A.T. Robertson Commentary

Mark 3:20

1863–1934
Southern Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread." — Mark 3:20 (ASV)

So that they could not so much as eat bread (ωστε μη δυνασθα αυτους μηδε αρτον φαγειν). Note infinitive with ωστε. Apparently Jesus and the disciples indoors with the great crowd in the house and at the door as in 1:32; 2:2 to which Mark refers by "again." The jam was so great that they could not rest, could not eat, and apparently Jesus could not even teach. The crowd reassembled at once on Christ's return from the mountain.