Mar 8:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 8:1-10: 8:1-10 The stories about feeding the 4,000 and the 5,000 are similar. All four Gospels report the earlier feeding of the 5,000 (6:35-44 ; Matt 14:13-21 ; Luke 9:10-17 ; John 6:1-15 ), but only Mark and Matthew (Matt 15:32-39 ) also record the feeding of the 4,000 as a separate miracle (Mark 8:19-21 ; Matt 16:9-10 ). The details of the events are different. Summary for Mark 8:1-3: 8:1-3 The last reference to a large crowd was at the feeding of the 5,000 (6:34 ). Jesus showed compassion in 6:34 because the people “were like sheep without a shepherd.” These stories reflect Jesus’ concern for the total person—this time especially for the people’s hunger. They were in the wilderness (8:4 ) and had no food (8:1 ). They had been with Jesus for three days and had nothing to eat (8:2 ), and they had come a long way and needed to eat before returning home (8:3 ).

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Summary for Mark 8:1-10: 8:1-10 ^a The stories about feeding the 4,000 and the 5,000 are similar. All four Gospels report the earlier feeding of the 5,000 (6:35-44 ^b; Matt 14:13-21 ^c; Luke 9:10-17 ^d; John 6:1-15 ^e), but only Mark and Matthew (Matt 15:32-39 ^f) also record the feeding of the 4,000 as a separate miracle (Mark 8:19-21 ^g; Matt 16:9-10 ^h). The details of the events are different.
Summary for Mark 8:1-3: 8:1-3 ⁱ The last reference to a large crowd was at the feeding of the 5,000 (6:34 ^j). Jesus showed compassion in 6:34 ^k because the people “were like sheep without a shepherd.” These stories reflect Jesus’ concern for the total person—this time especially for the people’s hunger. They were in the wilderness (8:4 ^l) and had no food (8:1 ^m). They had been with Jesus for three days and had nothing to eat (8:2 ⁿ), and they had come a long way and needed to eat before returning home (8:3 ^o).