Mark 6:55 — Community Reflections

MARK 6:55 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.”

They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was — the regional response at Gennesaret mirrors the initial response at Capernaum (Mark 1:32–33) but on a larger scale: not just the town but the whole region mobilizes. Carried the sick on mats — the image echoes the four friends who carried the paralytic through the roof in chapter 2, but here it is the entire region carrying its sick to wherever Jesus has been reported. The kingdom's healing ministry has become a regional movement.

Church Fathers on Mark 6:55

The Lord remained at the above-mentioned place for some time. Therefore the Evangelist subjoins, 'And when they had come out of the ship, straightway they knew Him,' That is, the inhabitants of the country.
Theophylact · 11th century

But they knew Him by report, not by His features; or through the greatness of His miracles, even His person was known to some. See too how great was the faith of the men of the land of Gennesaret, so that they were not content with the healing of those who were present, but sent to other towns round about, that all might hasten to the Physician; wherefore there follows, 'And ran through the whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where…
Bede · 8th century

Furthermore that which is said, 'And as many as touched Him were made whole,' shall be fulfilled, when grief and mourning shall fly away.
Pseudo-Jerome · 5th century

Read all 4 entries in the readerCatena Aurea · St. Thomas Aquinas, tr. J. H. Newman · public domain

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