6. Evd'su;, straightway) Their hatred increased ; comp v. 2 at the end of the v. — 'llpudiavuv, the Herodians) although they perliaps had no great care for the Sabbath. Either by the order or permission of Herod, they were wishing to kill Jesus.
7. ' Ave%upiiffs, He withdrew) He avoided plots against Him, and yet He did not flee to a distance, nor in a fearful spirit, for He went to the sea [The particulars which Mark in this passage, ver. 7-19, records, he sets forth in the regular order of the narrative, and they are to be combined with Matt. iv. 24, etc. But the events which go before and follow in Mark, are parallel to the xiith. ch. of Matthew. Mark takes occasion [a handle] from the plots laid by His enemies, to record the with drawal of the Saviour, ver. 7 ; and by that very fact, he returns in the meantime into the regular path from his digression, etc. — Harm., p. 238. The sea is mentioned in this verse ; the house in ver. 19 ; and again the sea in ch. iv. 1. In this fashion Mark combines the histories of different times. — V. g.].
7. 8. n>./j#oc, the multitude) There were two multitudes ; the one was following Him out of Galilee, the other, from most diverse quarters, was then, for the first time, coming to Jesus The former is called a great multitude, the latter, a multitude that was great, the epitasis (increase of force, in repeating the words, see Append.) being indicated by the transposition of the noun [before the adjective, instead of as in the first instance after it :
8. 'idv/ubdiag, Idumea) Therefore Esau was not altogether * hated' [Mai. i. 3 ; Rom. ix. 13]. — oi vipi) These wrere Israelites living near Tyre and Sidon.
9. TL^otdpiov, a small ship) Nominative. — xpoaKapripy, should wait on) Not merely at that time alone. — 7va /u,^, that not) Having thus a regard to His due convenience.
10. 'Eirivforeiv, pressed upon) Illustrating the admirable patience and benignity of our Lord.
11. "Orav) or av is here joined with a past tense of the Indi cative, as Sffov av, ch. vi. 56.
12. "iva w tpavtpbv, that not manifest) It was not yet the time, nor were they the proper heralds.
13. Els TO '6po$, into a mountain) Apart. — oSj %dtXsv avrbg, whom He Himself would) He had unlimited authority, and that the