33 But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.
33 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
33 Someone saw them going and the word got around. From the surrounding towns people went out on foot, running, and got there ahead of them.
33 But the multitudes saw them departing, and many knew Him and ran there on foot from all the cities. They arrived before them and came together to Him.
33 But many people recognized them and saw them leaving, and people from many towns ran ahead along the shore and got there ahead of them.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 6:33
Commentary on Mark 6:30-44
(Read Mark 6:30-44)
Let not ministers do any thing or teach any thing, but what they are willing should be told to their Lord. Christ notices the frights of some, and the toils of others of his disciples, and provides rest for those that are tired, and refuge for those that are terrified. The people sought the spiritual food of Christ's word, and then he took care that they should not want bodily food. If Christ and his disciples put up with mean things, surely we may. And this miracle shows that Christ came into the world, not only to restore, but to preserve and nourish spiritual life; in him there is enough for all that come. None are sent empty away from Christ but those who come to him full of themselves. Though Christ had bread enough at command, he teaches us not to waste any of God's bounties, remembering how many are in want. We may, some time, need the fragments that we now throw away.