Markus 6:31

Lutherbibel

Und er sprach zu ihnen: Lasset uns besonders an eine wüste Stätte gehen und ruht ein wenig. Denn ihr waren viele, die ab und zu gingen; und sie hatten nicht Zeit genug, zu essen.

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Und er sprach zu ihnen: Kommet ihr allein abseits an einen einsamen Ort und ruhet ein wenig! Denn es waren viele, die ab- und zugingen, und sie hatten nicht einmal Zeit zu essen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

come: Mark 1:45, Mark 3:7, Mark 3:20, Matthew 14:13, John 6:1

Reciprocal: Mark 7:24 - and would Mark 9:30 - he Luke 9:10 - he took Acts 20:13 - minding

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he said unto them,.... After he had heard their account, was satisfied with it, and approved of what they had said and done:

come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: where they might be free from noise and hurry, and take some rest and refreshment, after their wearisome journey, hard labours, and great fatigue in preaching and working miracles; which shows the great compassion, tenderness, and care of Christ, for his disciples:

for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat; the people were continually going to and fro; as soon as one company was gone, who came with their sick and diseased to be healed, or upon one account or another, another came: so that there was no opportunity of private meditation and prayer, nor of spiritual converse together: nor even so much as to eat a meal's meat for the refreshment of nature.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A desert place - A retired place, across the sea from Capernaum, where they would be free from interruption.

There were many coming and going - Coming to be healed and retiring, or coming to hear him preach. It means that they were “thronged,” or that there was a vast multitude attending his preaching.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 31. Rest a while — Rest is necessary for those who labour; and a zealous preacher of the Gospel will as often stand in need of it as a galley slave.