Mark 6:52
50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,
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.
Compare
- BSB
- for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.
- KJV
- For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
- WEB
- for they hadn’t understood about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened.
- ASV
- for they understood not concerning the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
- DARBY
- for they understood not through the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
- BLB
- For they did not understand about the loaves, but their heart was hardened.
- ÅB
- For de hadde ikke fått forstand av det som var skjedd med brødene; men deres hjerte var forherdet.
- OTB
- for de hadde ikke forstått betydningen av brødene; deres hjerter var forherdet.
- B1930
- For de hadde ikke fått forstand av det som var skjedd med brødene; men deres hjerte var forherdet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 8:17–21
And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
Read in contextLuke 24:25
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Read in contextIsaiah 63:17
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.
Read in contextMark 16:14
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
Read in contextMatthew 16:9–11
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Read in contextRomans 11:7
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Read in contextMark 7:18
And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
Read in contextMark 3:5
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
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