Mar 6:45-52 | Barnes | STEP | Verses 45-56. and (x) "And straightway" (2) "before unto Bethsaida" or, "over against Bethsaida"

Mark 6:45-52

Verses 45-56. Mt 14:22 and Mt 23:1-26:75

(x) "And straightway" Mt 14:22, Jn 6:17 (2) "before unto Bethsaida" or, "over against Bethsaida" Verse 46.

(y) "he departed" Mt 6:6, Mk 1:35, Lk 6:12 Verse 48.

(z) "toiling in rowing" Jonah 1:13 (a) "have passed" Lk 24:28 Verse 49.

(b) "they saw him" Job 9:8 (c) "they supposed it" Lk 24:37 Verse 50.

(d) "Be of good cheer" Isa 43:2 Verse 51.

(e) "and the wind" Ps 93:3,4 Verse 52. They considered not the miracle of the loaves. They did not remember or call to mind the power which Jesus had shown in feeding the five thousand by a miracle, and that, having done that, he had power also to save them from the storm.

Their heart was hardened. Their mind was dull to perceive it. This does not mean that they were opposed to Jesus, or that they had what we denominate hardness of heart, but simply, that they were slow to perceive his power; they did not quickly learn, as they ought to have done, that he had all power, and could therefore allay the storm. The word heart is frequently used in this sense. See Eph 1:18, in Greek; Rom 1:21, 2:15, 2Cor 4:6.

(f) "hardened" Isa 43:17