Marcos 6
John Phillips · Citado em PreceptAustin
Marcos 6
Phillips - The Lord, sensing the pressure, suggested to His disciples that they take a holiday. It was a sensible suggestion. The Lord "knoweth our frame" (Ps. 103:14). We can become too busy, even in the Lord's work. God, however, is never in a hurry; neither does He expect us to be constantly on the run. After He had poured out His energy in six days of creative activity, He "rested" the seventh day-obviously, not because He was tired. A God who can lock enough energy into an atom to destroy a city and who can power a hundred billion stars in a hundred billion galaxies evidently is not a God who gets tired. He ceased from His activity because He had finished what He set out to do and because He wanted to enjoy the fruits of His labor....One reason Elijah became overwrought when he fled from Jezebel was that he was worn out. "The journey is too great for thee," the angel said as he made provision for the exhausted prophets physical and emotional needs (1 Kings 19:4-8).(Exploring Mark) Brian Bell - Every weary Christian worker needs to hear those words by Christ. It is important that we get alone from time to time to hear God’s voice and refresh ourselves physically and mentally. We need times when we smooth out the wrinkles of our soul, get alone w/ God, refresh our bodies, & then get ready to serve the Lord again. Rest (refresh) (373)(anapauo from ana = again + pauo = cease or give rest) means to cause someone to gain relief, refreshment, intermission from toil. In Mt 11:28+ is speaks of spiritual rest. The literal idea is to "rest up." While it refers to a period of relaxation, it does not mean compete cessation from activities. "This is one of the needed lessons for all preachers and teachers, occasional change and refreshment. Even Jesus felt the need of it." (Robertson) " For continued effectiveness, every worker must now and then stop to take a breath and relax a little." (Hiebert) For - Term of explanation, explaining why they needed to find a secluded place. There were many people coming and going - Both verbs are in the imperfect tense picturing this streams of people as occurring again and again. Presumably as one group would be going, another group would be coming. So much for a little rest! There was no rest. John 6:4+ gives another reason that there were so many people, writing that "the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near." So pilgrims on the way to the Passover would have been coming and going. And they did not even have time to eat - When the pressure keeps you from even eating, you know the pressure is too great! Mark 3:20+ records a similar description when "He came home, and the crowd gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal.." Time is the rare verb eukaireo (Acts 17:21, 1 Cor 16:12) meaning to have a convenient time, a favorable time in this case to partake of food. The imperfect tense indicates that this was a recurring problem (cf Mk 3:20+). Coming Apart July 25 Jesus spoke these words of today’s reading, thinking not just of his disciples but of his vast army who would occupy subsequent Christian history. We all need little “Sabbaths” now and again to keep us healthy. “If we don’t come apart,” Vance Havner once quipped, “we will come apart.” Many learn this the hard way. Asahel Nettleton, for example, was an assiduous preacher in the early 1800s whose ministry was nearly cut short by an attack of exhaustion and typhus fever. Nettleton had been converted during the Great Revival of 1800, and, after graduating from Yale, became a revivalist himself. From his first sermons, Nettleton began winning crowds of people to Christ; and he was in great demand throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. But his exacting schedule brought him to the gates of death in 1822, and for two years he was laid aside from ministry. He never fully recovered his health. Though he resumed preaching in 1824, he never regained his strength. Once while resting in the Catskills, he wrote to a theological student about the physical and spiritual benefits of rest: Every itinerant preacher, especially if he has been engaged in a revival of religion, must feel the need of this direction, “Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile,” or suffer greatly if he long neglect it. I could not advise any one to be employed in a powerful revival more than three months, without retiring into solitude for a short time, to review the past, and to attend to his own heart. He will find much to lament, and much to correct; and it is by deep and solemn reflection upon the past, and by this only, that he can reap the advantages of past experience. As it turned out, Nettleton still had a number of years left, and before he died in his early 60s, he won vast numbers to the Lord. Much of his latter success came from pacing himself, by “doing more by doing less.” (Rob
Marcos 6
Phillips - So, off they went, across the lake by boat, for a little holiday. How very human Jesus was! Mark shows us the Lord Jesus, as God's Servant, busy from morning to night. He also tells us how He took a holiday. Holidays are a great idea. How we look forward to them! Some of our happiest memories are linked to our holidays. A holiday usually is associated with a change of location and a change of occupation. God is a great believer in holidays. He took one Himself, when He had completed His work of creation, to enjoy the fruits of His labor. In the Mosaic Law, He instituted various feasts and Sabbaths for the benefit and blessing of His people. Several of the feasts called for joyous pilgrimages to Jerusalem. So, we are not surprised to learn that Jesus and the disciples went off on a holiday. Secluded (desolate, desert, solitary, remote) (2048)(eremos) means lonesome, solitary, wilderness = uninhabited, lonely, uncultivated region translated “wilderness” 32x in the KJV. Used several times in the description of the Feeding of the 5000 - Mt 14:13, 15, Mark 6:31, 32, 33, Lk 9:12, Jn 6:31. Mark 6:33 The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them. Wuest And they saw them going away, and many understood, and on foot from all the cities they ran there with one another and preceded them. BGT Mark 6:33 καὶ εἶδον αὐτοὺς ὑπάγοντας καὶ ἐπέγνωσαν πολλοὶ καὶ πεζῇ ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν πόλεων συνέδραμον ἐκεῖ καὶ προῆλθον αὐτούς. NET Mark 6:33 But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them. NLT Mark 6:33 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. ESV Mark 6:33 Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. NIV Mark 6:33 But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. Mk 6:54,55 Mt 15:29-31 Joh 6:2 Jas 1:19 Mark 6 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: Matthew 14:13+ Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities. Luke 9:11+ But the crowds were aware of this and followed Him; and welcoming them, He began speaking to them about the kingdom of God and curing those who had need of healing. John 6:2+ A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick. BEATING THE BOAT Of the four Gospels, Mark gives the most vivid account of the crowds' pursuit of Jesus. The people saw them going - NET = "But many saw them leaving and recognized them." The people here refers to those who were on the Northwest side of the Sea of Galilee where Jesus had been ministering. Hiebert - Those who saw them going speedily reported the fact to the eager inhabitants of Capernaum. Now that Jesus had returned home, they kept His movements under close observation. Recognizing the occupants of the boat, they perceived what was taking place. And many recognized (epiginosko) them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them - Do you get the picture? The people saw Jesus leaving and they followed Him on foot from all the cities along the north side of the Sea of Galilee (presumably traveling along the shore). In fact, so motivated was this large crowd to see Jesus that they traveled the distance on foot faster than the boat traveled by water. Sadly their diligence to seek Jesus was not for spiritual healing, but for physical healing. Their zeal to see Him was motivated by selfish reasons. They came to see a "Miracle Worker" (cf Jn 6:2), but were unwilling for Jesus to work the greatest miracle of granting them forgiveness of sins and eternal life. And sadly many today still seek Him for similar superficial reasons. Jesus could easily have been annoyed that they would miss their much needed rest, but see the next verse. John 6:2+ describes the crowd's motivation for running after Jesus explaining that it was " because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick." They were "thrill seekers," "miracle seekers," but sadly were not "Messiah seekers," and they (for the most part) had no ears for His Gospel proclamation. Hiebert - the crowd watched the course of the boat until it became apparent that it was headed toward the northeastern shore. The direction and speed of the boat stimulated the decision to follow by land. Expositors says: “They ran together, excited and exciting, each town on the way contributing its rill to the growing stream of eager human beings; what a picture! The ultimate result, a congregation of 5000. This is the climax of popularity, and from the fourth Gospel we learn, its crisis.”