John Gill Commentary Mark 8:10

"And straightway he entered into the boat with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha." — Mark 8:10 (ASV)

And straightway he entered into a ship, with his disciples ,
&c.] As soon as ever he had dismissed the multitude, he took shipping with his disciples; for he was at the sea of Galilee, either at a place near it, or upon the shore of it; see (Mark 7:31) ;

and came into the parts of Dalmanutha ;
which Matthew calls, "the coasts of Magdala"; (See Gill on Matthew 15:39). The Arabic version reads it, "Magdal"; and in two of Beza's copies it is read, "Madegada"; but the Syriac version reads, "Dalmanutha"; and the Persic, "Dalmanuth"; and the Ethiopic, "Dalmathy": it was a city in the coasts of Magdala, and is thought by Dr. Lightfoot to be the same with Tzalmon, or Salmon, a place often mentioned ^F6 in the Jewish writings.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: Misn. Celaim, c. 4. sect. 9. & Yebarnot, c. 16. sect. 6. T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 82. 2.