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Mark 6:56 KJV
Mark · chapter 6 · verse 56
And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.Mark 6:56 · King James Version
Mark 6:56 in context
54And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,
55And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- whithersoeverhopouwhere, whereasG3699 →
- whithersoeveranhas no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AVG302 →
- villageskōmēthe common sleeping place to which labourers in the field return, a village, the name of…G2968 →
- besoughtparakaleōto call to one's side, call for, summon, to address, speak to, , which may be done in the…G3870 →
- enteredeisporeuomaito go into, enter, of persons, of things, to be carried into or put into, as food into a…G1531 →
- countryagrosland, the field, the country, a piece of land, bit of tillage, the farms, country seats…G68 →
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This passage of story we had Mat 14:22, etc., only what was there related concerning Peter, is omitted here. Here we have, I. The dispersing of the assembly; Christ constrained his disciples to go before by ship to Bethsaida, intending to follow them, as they supposed, by land.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 45-56