Mark 8:3

3 If I send them away hungry, they will become too weak on their way home. Some of them have come from far away."

Mark 8:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 8:3

And if I send them away fasting to their own houses
Greek, "to their own house", or home; but all the Oriental versions render it as we do, in the plural, "their own houses", or habitations; and it seems from hence that they were now tasting, and at least had had no food all that day, whatever they might have the day before, which it not certain.

They will faint by the way;
for want of food their strength will be exhausted, their animal spirits will fail, their nerves will be loosened, they will not be able to perform their journey, or get to the end of it:

for divers of them came from far;
perhaps some had followed him from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, from whence he came last; and others from Decapolis, through the midst of the borders of which he passed hither; and others from different parts, who had heard of his coming; (See Gill on Matthew 15:32).

Mark 8:3 In-Context

1 During those days another large crowd gathered. They had nothing to eat. So Jesus called for his disciples to come to him. He said,

2 "I feel deep concern for these people. They have already been with me three days. They don't have anything to eat.

3 If I send them away hungry, they will become too weak on their way home. Some of them have come from far away."

4 His disciples answered him. "There is nothing here," they said. "Where can anyone get enough bread to feed them?"

5 "How many loaves do you have?" Jesus asked. "Seven," they replied.