Mark
Mark 6:36–37
36Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
37But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.”
They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denariif to give all of them bread to eat?”
Footnotes
- f 6:37 A denarius was customarily a day’s wage for a laborer; see Matthew 20:2|MAT 20:2.
Word by word
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Mark 6:36
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dismiss | ἀπόλυσον | apolyson | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular | G630 I release, let go, send away, divorce |
| so | ἵνα | hina | Conjunction | G2443 in order that, so that |
| they can go | ἀπελθόντες | apelthontes | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G565 I come or go away from, depart, return |
| to | εἰς | eis | Preposition | G1519 into, in, among, till, for |
| the | τοὺς | tous | Article - Accusative Masculine Plural | G3588 the |
| surrounding | κύκλῳ | kyklō | Adverb | G2945 a circle |
| countryside | ἀγροὺς | agrous | Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G68 a field, the country |
| and | καὶ | kai | Conjunction | G2532 and, even, also, namely |
| villages | κώμας | kōmas | Noun - Accusative Feminine Plural | G2968 a village |
| buy | ἀγοράσωσιν | agorasōsin | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural | G59 I buy |
| themselves | ἑαυτοῖς | heautois | Reflexive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G1438 himself, herself, itself |
| something | τί | ti | Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular | G5101 who, which, what |
| to eat | φάγωσιν | phagōsin | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural | G5315 I eat |
Mark 6:37
| English | Greek | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But | δὲ | de | Conjunction | G1161 but, on the other hand, and |
| told | ἀποκριθεὶς | apokritheis | Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular | G611 I answer, reply |
| them | αὐτοῖς | autois | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| You | ὑμεῖς | hymeis | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural | G4771 you |
| give | Δότε | Dote | Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural | G1325 I offer, give |
| them | αὐτοῖς | autois | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| to eat | φαγεῖν | phagein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G5315 I eat |
| They asked | λέγουσιν | legousin | Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural | G3004 I say, speak |
| Him | αὐτῷ | autō | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| Should we go out | Ἀπελθόντες | Apelthontes | Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural | G565 I come or go away from, depart, return |
| spend | ἀγοράσωμεν | agorasōmen | Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural | G59 I buy |
| two hundred | διακοσίων | diakosiōn | Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1250 two hundred |
| denarii | δηναρίων | dēnariōn | Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural | G1220 a denarius |
| to give | δώσομεν | dōsomen | Verb - Future Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural | G1325 I offer, give |
| all of them | αὐτοῖς | autois | Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural | G846 he, she, it, they, them, same |
| bread | ἄρτους | artous | Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural | G740 bread, a loaf, food |
| to eat | φαγεῖν | phagein | Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active | G5315 I eat |
Cross-references
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Mark 6:36 Matthew 15:23
Mark 6:37 2 Kings 4:42–44 · Numbers 11:13 · Matthew 14:16 · Mark 8:2–3 · Matthew 15:32–33 · Luke 9:13 · John 6:4–10 · 2 Kings 7:2 · Numbers 11:21–23
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.