The Meaning of Mark 6:55 Explained

Mark 6:55

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

YLT: having run about through all that region round about, they began upon the couches to carry about those ill, where they were hearing that he is,

Darby: they ran through that whole country around, and began to carry about those that were ill on couches, where they heard that he was.

ASV: and ran round about that whole region, and began to carry about on their beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Mark 6:55 Mean?

Context Summary

Mark 6:30-56 - The Sympathy And Compassion Of Jesus
When the Apostles returned they had much to tell. Some were flushed with success, others radiant with victory over demons, others, perhaps, overstrained and weary, and all needing the quiet, holy influence of repose and silence in the Lord's company. And in those quiet hours or days, as the fever passed out of them, He taught them memorable lessons of how He would feed the world by His Church, and how His people would be safe amid the storms that swept the sea, for always he would watch them from the height, and come to them at the moment when His help was most needed. Christ sits as host at the great table of the Church, and the meager resources of His servants yield the starting point for His multiplication of bread. He bids us go and consider how little we have, that we may properly estimate the greatness of His help. Notice how the upward look precedes the breaking and giving. There is enough for each, not of bread alone, but of fish; and the disciples are refreshed by another kind of ministry. So the Lord recreates us by turning exhausted energies into new channels. What threatens to overpower us brings Christ to our side. But His footsteps must be arrested, if we would have His company. Where Jesus is, storms cease and the sick are made whole. [source]

Chapter Summary: Mark 6

1  Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country
7  He gives the twelve power over unclean spirits
14  Various opinions of Jesus
16  John the Baptist is imprisoned, beheaded, and buried
30  The apostles return from preaching
34  The miracle of five loaves and two fishes
45  Jesus walks on the sea;
53  and heals all who touch him

Greek Commentary for Mark 6:55

Ran about [περιεδραμον]
Vivid constative aorist picturing the excited pursuit of Jesus as the news spread that he was in Gennesaret. [source]
On their beds [επι τοις κραβαττοις]
Pallets like that of the man let down through the roof (Mark 2:4).Where they heard he was (οπου ηκουον οτι εστιν — hopou ēkouon hoti estin). Imperfect tense of ακουω — akouō (repetition), present indicative εστιν — estin retained in indirect discourse. [source]
Where they heard he was [οπου ηκουον οτι εστιν]
Imperfect tense of ακουω — akouō (repetition), present indicative εστιν — estin retained in indirect discourse. [source]
Ran round []
From place to place where the sick were, to bring them to Jesus. Matthew has they sent. [source]
Carry about [περιφέρειν]
περί , about; one hither and another thither, wherever Christ might be at the time. [source]
Beds [κραβάττοις]
Condemned as bad Greek, but used by both Luke and John. See on Mark 2:4. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Mark 6:55

Mark 8:11 Began []
The beginnings of things seem to have a peculiar interest for Mark. See Mark 1:1, Mark 1:45; Mark 4:1; Mark 5:17, Mark 5:20; Mark 6:2, Mark 6:7, Mark 6:34, Mark 6:55. [source]
John 5:8 Arise, take up thy bed, and walk [Εγειρε αρον τον κραβαττον σου και περιπατει]
Present active imperative of αρον — egeirō a sort of exclamation, like our “Get up.” The first active imperative (αιρω — āron of περιπατεω — airō) means to pick up the pallet, and then “go on walking” (present active imperative of κραβαττον — peripateō). For krabatton (pallet) see Mark 2:2-12; Mark 6:55; Acts 5:15; Acts 9:33. [source]

What do the individual words in Mark 6:55 mean?

they ran around all the country that and they began on the mats those sick being to carry about to wherever they were hearing that He is
περιέδραμον ὅλην τὴν χώραν ἐκείνην καὶ ἤρξαντο ἐπὶ τοῖς κραβάττοις τοὺς κακῶς ἔχοντας περιφέρειν ὅπου ἤκουον ὅτι ἐστίν

περιέδραμον  they  ran  around 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: περιτρέχω  
Sense: to run around, run around about.
χώραν  country 
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: χώρα  
Sense: the space lying between two places or limits.
ἐκείνην  that 
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Accusative Feminine Singular
Root: ἐκεῖνος  
Sense: he, she it, etc.
ἤρξαντο  they  began 
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Middle, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἄρχω  
Sense: to be the first to do (anything), to begin.
κραβάττοις  mats 
Parse: Noun, Dative Masculine Plural
Root: κράβαττος 
Sense: a pallet, camp bed (a rather simple bed holding only one person).
τοὺς  those 
Parse: Article, Accusative Masculine Plural
Root:  
Sense: this, that, these, etc.
κακῶς  sick 
Parse: Adverb
Root: κακῶς  
Sense: miserable, to be ill.
ἔχοντας  being 
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Masculine Plural
Root: ἔχω  
Sense: to have, i.e. to hold.
περιφέρειν  to  carry  about 
Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Active
Root: περιφέρω  
Sense: to carry round, to bear about everywhere with one.
ὅπου  to  wherever 
Parse: Adverb
Root: ὅπου  
Sense: where, whereas.
ἤκουον  they  were  hearing 
Parse: Verb, Imperfect Indicative Active, 3rd Person Plural
Root: ἀκουστός 
Sense: to be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf.
ὅτι  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: ὅτι  
Sense: that, because, since.
ἐστίν  He  is 
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular
Root: εἰμί  
Sense: to be, to exist, to happen, to be present.

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