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Mark 8:14

The Pulpit Commentary on Mark 8:14

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And they had forgotten ( ἐπελάθοντο)—literally, they forgot—to take bread ( ἄρτους); loaves. The conversation which follows took place on the boat while they were crossing. The passage would take perhaps six hours.

And it was during that time that they would want food; for when they reached the port, they would find it in abundance.

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