Mark 6:54

“And when they got out of the boat, at once people recognized him”

Mark 6:54 · direct translation from the Greek
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Mark 6:54, word by word

got outἐξελθόντωνexelthontōn

go out

To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.

Where else “exelthontōn” appears
the boatπλοίουploiou

boat

Boat.

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at onceεὐθὺςeuthys

immediately

Without any time passing: what follows happens right after.

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people recognizedἐπιγνόντεςepignontes

recognize

To realize who someone is.

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Healings at Gennesaret

Matthew 14:34-36

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Mark 6:53-56

53And when they had crossed over to land, they came to Gennesaret and anchored. 54And when they got out of the boat, at once people recognized him 55and ran around all that region and began to carry the sick on their mats to wherever they heard that he was. 56And wherever he went, into villages or into towns or into the countryside, they were laying the sick in the marketplaces, and begging him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched him were made well.

Matthew 14:34-36

34And crossing over, they came to land at Gennesaret. 35And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent word into all that surrounding region, and they brought to him all who were ill, 36and they were begging him that they might only touch the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were made well.

The context

53And when they had crossed over to land, they came to Gennesaret and anchored.

54 · This verse (above)

55and ran around all that region and began to carry the sick on their mats to wherever they heard that he was.

Read all of Mark 6

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  1. 1. What it says

    What instructions did Jesus give the twelve when he sent them out two by two (vv. 7–11)?

  2. 2. What it means

    What does the text say about how Jesus felt on seeing the crowd “like sheep without a shepherd” (v. 34)?

  3. 3. How I live it

    Jesus invited his disciples to rest a while (v. 31). How can you take a break today without guilt?

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