Mark 8:2

“I have compassion on the multitude, etc..] Christ is a compassionate Saviour both of the bodies and souls of men: he had compassion on the souls of this multitude, and therefore had been teaching them sound doctrine and he had compassion on the bodies of many of them, and had healed them of their diseases; and his bowels yearned towards them all; because, says he, they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat; for if they brought any food with them, it was all spent, and they were in a wilderness, where nothing was to be got; where they had no house to go into, nor bed to lie upon, and no provisions to be bought; and in this case they had been two nights and three days;…”

“See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39. Mark 8:1 In those days - While in the wilderness, where he had cured the deaf-mute man. Having nothing to eat - Having come unprovided, or having consumed what they had brought. Mark 8:2 I have compassions - I pity their condition. I am disposed to relieve them. Mark 8:9 Four thousand - Four thousand “men,” besides women and children. See Matthew 15:38. See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 15:32-39. return to 'Top of Page'”

“compassion: Mar 1:41, Mar 5:19, Mar 6:34, Mar 9:22; Psa 103:13, Psa 145:8, Psa 145:15; Mic 7:19; Mat 9:36, Mat 14:14; Mat 20:34; Luk 7:13, Luk 15:20; Heb 2:17, Heb 4:15, Heb 5:2 and have: Mat 4:2-4, Mat 6:32, Mat 6:33; Joh 4:6-8, Joh 4:30-34 Mark 8:3”