Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 4:36

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 4:36 - 4:36

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Mark 4:36 - 4:36

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36. ἀφέντες τὸν ὄχλον. Mt. says that it was when He saw such a multitude that He gave the order to cross. He had been teaching from the boat (Mar 4:1). Apparently He was already lying down, too weary to help in dispersing the multitude.

παραλαμβάνουσιν αὐτὸν ὡς ἦν. They take Him with them (Act 15:39), as He was, in their boat (cf. Mar 4:26). It is because it was their boat that they take Him rather than He them (Mar 9:2, Mar 10:32).

ἄλλα πλοῖα. Their occupants had probably come round the boat in which Christ was, to listen to Him. We hear no more of them; they would disperse when the teaching ceased. As they contribute nothing to the narrative, they are omitted by Mt. and Lk., but the mention of them here is a considerable guarantee for the truth of the tradition. Their presence was remembered.