Mark 6:36 meaning and explanation

Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

Mark 6:36, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

The disciples speak these words to Jesus late in the day in a remote place, after the crowd has followed them around the lake and Jesus has spent hours teaching. Their request sounds sensible: send the people to the nearby villages and countryside to buy food, since nothing is available where they are.

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