Mark 6:45
43 and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish.
44 And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.
Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.
46 After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
47 When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and Jesus was alone on land.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to Bethsaida, while He dismissed the crowd.
- KJV
- And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
- WEB
- Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he himself sent the multitude away.
- ASV
- And straightway he constrained his disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before [him] unto the other side to Bethsaida, while he himself sendeth the multitude away.
- DARBY
- And immediately he compelled his disciples to go on board ship, and to go on before to the other side to Bethsaida, while *he* sends the crowd away.
- BLB
- And immediately He compelled His disciples to enter into the boat and to go before [Him] to the other side, to Bethsaida, until He dismisses the crowd.
- ÅB
- Og straks nødde han sine disipler til å gå i båten og fare i forveien over til andre siden av, til Betsaida, mens han selv sendte folket avsted.
- OTB
- Straks fikk Jesus disiplene sine til å gå i båten og dra foran ham til den andre siden, til Betsaida, mens han sendte folkemengden bort.
- B1930
- Og straks nødde han sine disipler til å gå i båten og fare i forveien over til hin side, til Betsaida, mens han selv sendte folket avsted.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 14:22–33
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds.
Read in contextJohn 6:15–21
Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
Read in contextMark 6:32
So they went away in a boat by themselves to a solitary place.
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