Mark 6:1a| came| vv. 1-6: Matt. 13:54-58;| Luke 4:16-24
Mark 6:21| teach
| See note 212 in ch. 1. So for this verb throughout this chapter.
Mark 6:2a| synagogue| Mark 1:21, 39;| Matt. 4:23;| Luke 6:6;| 13:10;| Acts 13:14
Mark 6:2b| astounded| Mark 6:51;| 1:22;| Matt. 7:28
Mark 6:31| carpenter
| See note 551 in Matt. 13. The blind despisers’ word here may be considered a fulfillment of the prophecy in Isa. 53:2-3 concerning the Slave-Savior: “Like a root out of dry ground. He has no attracting form nor majesty that we should look upon Him, nor beautiful appearance that we should desire Him. He was despised and forsaken of men.” To know Him in that way was to know Him in His humanity according to the flesh (2|Cor. 5:16), not in His deity according to the Spirit (Rom. 1:4). In His humanity He was a root out of dry ground, a sprout from the stump of Jesse and a branch from his roots (Isa. 11:1), a Shoot unto David (Jer. 23:5; 33:15), the Shoot who was a man and the Servant of Jehovah (Zech. 3:8; 6:12), One who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh (Rom. 1:3). In His deity He was the Shoot of Jehovah for beauty and glory (Isa. 4:2), the Son of God marked out in power according to the Spirit (Rom. 1:4).
Mark 6:3a| brother| Mark 3:31;| Matt. 12:46;| Gal. 1:19
Mark 6:3b| stumbled| John 6:61
Mark 6:51| not
| See note 581 in Matt. 13.
Mark 6:52| heal
| See note 311 in ch. 1. So for this verb throughout this chapter.
Mark 6:6a| marveled| Isa. 59:16
Mark 6:6b| villages| Mark 6:56;| Matt. 9:35;| Luke 8:1;| 13:22
Mark 6:7a| called| Mark 3:13-15;| Matt. 10:1;| Luke 9:1-2
Mark 6:71b| authority| Mark 3:15
| See notes 221 in ch. 1 and 12 in Matt. 10.
Mark 6:8a| take| vv. 8-11: Matt. 10:9-14;| Luke 9:3-5;| 10:4-11
Mark 6:81| no
| See note 91 in Matt. 10.
Mark 6:91| tunics
| A shirt-like undergarment. So throughout the book.
Mark 6:101| depart
| Lit., go out from there.
Mark 6:11a| shake| Acts 13:51;| cf. Neh. 5:13;| Acts 18:6
Mark 6:111| against
| Or, to.
Mark 6:121a| proclaimed| Matt. 4:17;| 10:7;| Luke 9:6
| See note 142 in ch. 1.
Mark 6:12b| repent| Mark 1:4, 15
Mark 6:131| cast
| See note 231 in ch. 1.
Mark 6:13a| anointed| James 5:14
Mark 6:14a| heard| vv. 14-29: Matt. 14:1-12;| Luke 9:7-9
Mark 6:14b| John| Mark 8:28
Mark 6:141| are
| I.e., are operating and are being manifested.
Mark 6:15a| Elijah| Mark 9:11
Mark 6:15b| prophet| Deut. 18:15;| Acts 3:22;| Matt. 21:11;| Luke 24:19
Mark 6:16a| beheaded| Mark 6:27
Mark 6:17a| prison| Matt. 11:2;| John 3:24
Mark 6:17b| Herodias| Luke 3:19-20
Mark 6:18a| brother| Lev. 18:16;| 20:21
Mark 6:20a| John| Matt. 21:26
Mark 6:20b| righteous| Luke 1:75;| Eph. 4:24;| Heb. 12:10-11
Mark 6:20c| heard| Mark 4:16;| 12:37
Mark 6:21a| birthday| cf. Gen. 40:20
Mark 6:21b| banquet| Esth. 1:3;| 2:18
Mark 6:23a| half| Esth. 5:3, 6;| 7:2
Mark 6:25a| immediately| Mark 5:42;| 6:27
Mark 6:27a| immediately| Mark 6:25, 45
Mark 6:271b| beheaded| Mark 6:16
| This indicates Satan’s hatred, expressed by the darkness and injustice of the worldly power, toward the faithful forerunner of the Slave-Savior. See note 101 in Matt. 14.
Mark 6:29a| disciples| Matt. 9:14
Mark 6:30a| apostles| Matt. 10:2;| Luke 6:13;| 17:5;| 22:14;| 24:10
Mark 6:30b| reported| Luke 9:10
Mark 6:31a| deserted| Matt. 14:13
Mark 6:311| not
| See note 202 in ch. 3.
Mark 6:31b| eat| Mark 3:20
Mark 6:321| And
| For vv. 32-44, see notes in Matt. 14:13-21.
Mark 6:32a| went| vv. 32-44: Matt. 14:13-21;| Luke 9:10-17;| John 6:1-13
Mark 6:33a| recognized| Mark 6:54
Mark 6:341| moved
| This exhibited the Slave-Savior’s virtue in His humanity. Such virtue was carried out by the power of His deity (cf. note 431). The virtue in His humanity and the power of His deity were mingled as one, showing that He is both man and God.
Mark 6:34a| compassion| Mark 8:2;| Matt. 9:36;| 15:32
Mark 6:36a| Send| Matt. 15:39
Mark 6:37a| give| 2|Kings 4:42-44
Mark 6:371| denarii
| See note 71 in John 6.
Mark 6:38a| How| Mark 8:5
Mark 6:391| by
| The Greek phrase denotes dividing into companies at a party. Sitting by companies was equivalent to sitting at tables. This figure implies that the Lord’s feeding of the multitude with bread and fish was like the spreading of a feast to entertain guests.
Mark 6:401| in
| Lit., garden plot by garden plot. Here, the arrangement of plots in a garden refers figuratively to a group of people arranged in an orderly way. The groups of people sat down in well-ordered square plots, so that they looked like flowering plants arranged in plots in a garden. This figure implies that those who are fed by the Lord are like fragrant, beautiful flower beds (S.S 5:13; 6:2).
Mark 6:41a| looking| Mark 7:34;| John 11:41
Mark 6:41b| blessed| Mark 8:7;| 14:22
Mark 6:431| twelve
| This not only displayed the power of the Slave-Savior’s deity as the Creator, who calls things not being as being (Rom. 4:17), but also signifies the bountiful and inexhaustible supply of His divine life (Eph. 3:8; Phil. 1:19).
Mark 6:451| And
| For vv. 45-51, see notes in Matt. 14:22-32.
Mark 6:45a| immediately| Mark 6:27, 50
Mark 6:45b| compelled| vv. 45-51: Matt. 14:22-32;| John 6:16-21
Mark 6:45c| go| Mark 4:35;| Matt. 8:18
Mark 6:45d| Bethsaida| Mark 8:22;| Luke 9:10
Mark 6:46a| mountain| Mark 3:13;| John 6:15
Mark 6:461b| pray| Mark 1:35;| Luke 5:16;| 6:12;| 9:28
| See note 351 in ch. 1.
Mark 6:47a| boat| Mark 4:37
Mark 6:481| walking
| In 4:38 the Slave-Savior was sleeping in a boat that was being beaten by a windstorm that threatened His followers. Here, He was walking on the sea while His followers, as they rowed, were distressed by the waves of the sea. These incidents indicate that the Slave-Savior, as the Creator and Ruler of the universe (Job 9:8), was not distressed by any circumstance and that He would care for His followers in their troubles while they followed Him in their journey.
Mark 6:50a| startled| Luke 24:37
Mark 6:50b| immediately| Mark 6:45, 54
Mark 6:50c| courage| John 16:33
Mark 6:501| It
| Lit., I am.
Mark 6:50d| afraid| Deut. 31:6;| Isa. 41:13;| 43:1-2;| Matt. 17:7
Mark 6:51a| ceased| Mark 4:39
Mark 6:51b| astonished| Mark 6:2;| 7:37
Mark 6:52a| understand| Mark 8:17-21
Mark 6:53a| crossed| vv. 53-56: Matt. 14:34-36
Mark 6:53b| Gennesaret| Luke 5:1
Mark 6:54a| immediately| Mark 6:50;| 7:25
Mark 6:54b| recognized| Mark 6:33
Mark 6:55a| mats| Luke 5:18
Mark 6:56a| villages| Mark 6:6
Mark 6:56b| marketplaces| Acts 5:15
Mark 6:561| fringe
| See notes 204 in Matt. 9 and 301 in ch. 5.
Mark 6:56c| touched| Mark 3:10;| 5:27-28;| Luke 6:19;| cf. Acts 19:12
Mark 6:562| healed
| Or, made whole. See note 281 in ch. 5.