Mar 6:35-44 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 6:35-36: 6:35-36 The place where Jesus taught was remote , , but it still had farms and villages ... nearby where the people could buy something to eat .

Summary for Mark 6:35-36: 6:35-36 ^a The place where Jesus taught was remote,, but it still had farms and villages ... nearby where the people could buy something to eat.
6:37 ^b Jesus suggests that, just as the disciples were able to cast out demons and heal through his power (6:7 ^c, 13 ^d, 30 ^e), they should be able to feed the crowd. Their reply considered only what they themselves were capable of doing. They did not consider Jesus’ power.
6:41 ^f The words took, blessed, breaking, and giving echo Jesus’ words at the Last Supper (14:22-25 ^g). Both events envision the final messianic banquet in which believers will eat and drink with Jesus in the Kingdom of God (14:25 ^h; Matt 5:6 ⁱ; 22:1-10 ^j; see Rev 2:7 ^k; 19:7-9 ^l; 22:1-2 ^m, 14 ⁿ, 17-19 ^o).
Summary for Mark 6:42-44: 6:42-44 ^p This miracle makes Elisha’s great miracle of feeding 100 people with twenty loaves (2 Kgs 4:42-44 ^q) seem trivial by comparison. Readers of the Gospel must ask themselves, “Who is this man who does such things?” (Mark 4:41 ^r). He is the Messiah, the Son of God (1:1 ^s).