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If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way."
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Jesus' Proactive Compassion
Commentators emphasize that Jesus himself initiated the concern for the crowd. He understood their physical limitations, noting that some had traveled 'from far' and were at risk of fainting. This reveals a Savior who is proactively compassionate and deeply aware of our human needs.
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Are come from far (απο μακροθεν εισιν). This item alone in Mark.
19th Century
Anglican
For divers of them.—Better, and some of them are (or, have come) from afar. The words are given as spo…
Baptist
Why did they not ask their Master what he could do in such an emergency as that? After so much experience of his power as they had already had, it …
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Remaining in the Decapolis, Jesus taught a large crowd gathered there. After three days Jesus (not the disciples, as in 6:35–36) recognized the phy…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if I send them away fasting to their own houses Greek, "to their own house", or home; but all the Oriental versions render…
Presbyterian
Our Lord Jesus encouraged the lowliest to come to him for life and grace. Christ knows and considers our constitution. The bounty of Christ is alwa…
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