Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [Mark: Chapter 6].
6:31 {Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place and rest
awhile} (\Deute humeis autoi kat' idian eis er•mon topon kai
anapauesthe oligon\). It was plain that they were over-wrought
and excited and needed refreshment (\anapauesthe\, middle voice,
refresh yourselves, "rest up" literally). This is one of the
needed lessons for all preachers and teachers, occasional change
and refreshment. Even Jesus felt the need of it. {They had no
leisure so much as to eat} (\oude phagein eukairoun\). Imperfect
tense again. Crowds were coming and going. Change was a
necessity.
6:32 {And they went away in a boat} (\kai ap•lthon en t•i
ploi•i\). They accepted with alacrity and off they went.
6:33 {Outwent them} (\pro•lthon autous\). The crowds were not to
be outdone. They recognized (\egn•san\) Jesus and the disciples
and ran around the head of the lake on foot (\pez•i\) and got
there ahead of Jesus and were waiting for Him when the boat came.
6:34 {They were as sheep not having a shepherd} (\•san h•s
probata m• echonta poimena\). Matthew has these words in another
context (Mt 9:26), but Mark alone has them here. \M•\ is the
usual negative for the participle in the _Koin•_. These excited
and exciting people (Bruce) greatly needed teaching. Mt 14:14
mentions healing as does Lu 9:11 (both preaching and healing).
But a vigorous crowd of runners would not have many sick. The
people had plenty of official leaders but these rabbis were for
spiritual matters blind leaders of the blind. Jesus had come over
for rest, but his heart was touched by the pathos of this
situation. So "he began to teach them many things" (\•rxato
didaskein autous polla\). Two accusatives with the verb of
teaching and the present tense of the infinitive. He kept it up.
6:35 {When the day was now far spent} (\•d• h•ras poll•s
genomen•s\). Genitive absolute. \H•ra\ used here for day-time (so
Mt 14:15) as in Polybius and late Greek. {Much day-time already
gone}. Lu 9:12 has it began to {incline} (\klinein\) or wear
away. It was after 3 P.M., the first evening. Note second evening
or sunset in Mr 6:47; Mt 14:23; Joh 6:16. The turn of the
afternoon had come and sunset was approaching. The idiom is
repeated at the close of the verse. See on ¯Mt 14:15.
6:36 {Into the country and villages round about} (\eis tous
kukl•i agrous kai k•mas\). The fields (\agrous\) were the
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