KJV: When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
YLT: and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.
Darby: And Jesus, having heard it, went away thence by ship to a desert place apart. And the crowds having heard of it followed him on foot from the cities.
ASV: Now when Jesus heard it , he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard thereof, they followed him on foot from the cities.
| Ἀκούσας | Having heard |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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| δὲ | now |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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| ὁ | - |
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Parse: Article, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| Ἰησοῦς | Jesus |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Ἰησοῦς Sense: Joshua was the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses’ successor. |
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| ἀνεχώρησεν | withdrew |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀναχωρέω Sense: to go back, return. |
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| ἐκεῖθεν | from there |
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Parse: Adverb Root: ἐκεῖθεν Sense: thence, from that place. |
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| πλοίῳ | boat |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Neuter Singular Root: πλοῖον Sense: a ship. |
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| ἔρημον | a secluded |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ἔρημος Sense: solitary, lonely, desolate, uninhabited. |
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| τόπον | place |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: τόπος Sense: place, any portion or space marked off, as it were from surrounding space. |
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| κατ’ | apart |
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Parse: Preposition Root: κατά Sense: down from, through out. |
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| ἰδίαν | Himself |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ἴδιος Sense: pertaining to one’s self, one’s own, belonging to one’s self. |
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| ἀκούσαντες | having heard [of it] |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Participle Active, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ἀκουστός Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf. |
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| ὄχλοι | crowds |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Plural Root: ὄχλος Sense: a crowd. |
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| ἠκολούθησαν | followed |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural Root: ἀκολουθέω Sense: to follow one who precedes, join him as his attendant, accompany him. |
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| πεζῇ | on foot |
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Parse: Adverb Root: πεζῇ Sense: on foot (as opposed to riding). |
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| πόλεων | towns |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Plural Root: πόλις Sense: a city. |
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Greek Commentary for Matthew 14:13
Contrast between the lake and the land route. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Matthew 14:13
As was meet after they had given his body decent burial. It was a shock to the Master who alone knew how great John really was. The fate of John was a prophecy of what was before Jesus. According to Matthew 14:13 the news of the fate of John led to the withdrawal of Jesus to the desert privately, an additional motive besides the need for rest after the strain of the recent tour. [source]
It seems strange that they should so soon have forgotten the feeding of the five thousand (Matthew 14:13-21), but they did. Soon Jesus will remind them of both these demonstrations of his power (Matthew 16:9, Matthew 16:10). They forgot both of them, not just one. Some scholars scout the idea of two miracles so similar as the feeding of the five thousand and the four thousand, though both are narrated in detail by both Mark and Matthew and both are later mentioned by Jesus. Jesus repeated his sayings and wrought multitudes of healings. There is no reason in itself why Jesus should not on occasion repeat a nature miracle like this elsewhere. He is in the region of Decapolis, not in the country of Philip (Τραχονιτις Trachonitis). [source]
First aorist active subjunctive of καταλυω kataluō a common verb, to dissolve, destroy, overthrow, and then of travellers to break a journey, to lodge Only here and Luke 19:7 in the N.T. in this sense.Get victuals (ευρωσιν επισιτισμον heurōsin episitismon). Ingressive aorist active of ευρισκω heuriskō very common verb.Victuals See notes on Mark 6:32-44; notes on Matthew 14:13-21 for discussion of details. [source]
See notes on Mark 6:32-44; notes on Matthew 14:13-21 for discussion of details. [source]
A common, but indefinite, note of time in John (John 3:22; John 5:1; John 6:1; John 7:1). The phrase does not mean immediate sequence of events. As a matter of fact, a whole year may intervene between the events of chapter 5 in Jerusalem and those in chapter 6 in Galilee. There is no sufficient reason for believing that chapter 6 originally preceded chapter 5. The feeding of the five thousand is the only event before the last visit to Jerusalem recorded in all Four Gospels (Mark 6:30-44; Matthew 14:13-21; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-13). The disciples have returned from the tour of Galilee and report to Jesus. It was the passover time (John 6:4) just a year before the end. To the other side of the Sea of Galilee The name given in Mark and Matthew. It is called Gennesaret in Luke 5:1 and “Sea of Tiberias” in John 21:1. Here “of Tiberias” (της Τιβεριαδος tēs Tiberiados) is added as further description. Herod Antipas a.d. 22 built Tiberias to the west of the Sea of Galilee and made it his capital. See John 6:23 for this city. Luke (Luke 9:10) explains that it was the eastern Bethsaida (Julias) to which Jesus took the disciples, not the western Bethsaida of Mark 6:45 in Galilee. [source]
Descriptive imperfect active, picturing the crowd, but without the details of the boat for Christ and the rapid race of the crowd on foot (Mark 6:32.; Matthew 14:13.). They beheld Imperfect active of τεωρεω theōreō They had been beholding the signs which Jesus had been doing The people were eager to hear Jesus again (Luke 9:11) and to get the benefit of his healing power “on them that were sick” (επι των αστενουντων epi tōn asthenountōn the weak or feeble, without strength, α a privative and στενος sthenos strength). [source]