Mark 6:54

Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.)

English Translation

When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,

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ἐπιγνόντες

epiginṓskō

G1921

“to know thoroughly”

Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine

Appears 44× in the Greek New Testament
First appears at Matthew 7:16

Full Thayer's Definition

Origin: from G1909 and G1097

TDNT: 12:29,1

1. to become thoroughly acquainted with, to know thoroughly a. to know accurately, know well 2. to know a. to recognise 1. by sight, hearing, of certain signs, to perceive who a person is b. to know i.e. to perceive c. to know i.e. to find out, ascertain d. to know i.e. to understand

About this verse

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9: words
8: distinct lemmas
Gospels: section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

ἐπιγνόντες to know thoroughly G1921 occurs in 40 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse:

αὐτῶν he G846 ×2

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Mark 6:54 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Psalms 9:10 Those who know your name will put their trust in you, For you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
Philippians 3:10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

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Commentary

Notes on Mark 6:54 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Geneva Bible (1599)

Geneva Bible translators

Christ being rejected in his own country, and arriving upon a sudden amongst them of whom he was not looked for, is received to their profit.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 54. They knew him] επιγνοντες, They recollected him; for he had before preached and wrought miracles in different places of the same country.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

54. they knew him] The dawn had now broken, and the people on shore at once recognised the Great Healer, and craved His help in behalf of their sick and afflicted.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

And ran through that whole region round about,.... That is, the inhabitants of that part of the country where Christ landed, ran many of them themselves, and others sent messengers into all parts of it, on every side:

and began to carry about in beds those that were sick; or lame, or so disordered that they could not walk, or bear any other way of being carried: these they brought to him,

where they heard he was: in whatsoever part of the country they could learn he was in; for he went about from place to place doing good.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Pulpit Commentary

Vers. 54-56. Straightaway the people knew him. Some, no doubt, had known him before, he was now the general object of interest and attraction wherever he went. They began to carry about on their beds (epi toiv krabbatoiv) those that were sick, where they heard he was. The original is very expressive (opou hkouon oti ekei esti where they heard, He is there. But the best authorities omit ekei . Villages, or cities, or fields (Greek, agrouv); literally, country, where the pursuits of agriculture would be going on. They laid the sick in the streets (Greek, en taiv agoraiv) literally, market-places; the proper renderingthat they might touch if it were but the border of his garment. The border (kraspedon) means the" fringe" or "hem;" the garment was the outer robe worn over the tunic. And as many as touched him were made whole (osoi an hqanto autou eswzonto); LXX might mean either "him" or "it," that is, "the border of his garment." But the difference is of little importance; for it was faith in those who touched which brought the healing virtue to the sick, whether they touched the Saviour himself or only his clothes.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges

54. εὐθὺς ἐπιγνόντες αὐτόν. It was still early (Mar 6:48), but there were people who recognized Him and, as before, were eager to get their sick folk healed. Cf. Luk 24:31; Act 3:10; Act 27:39; Mt. is much less graphic.

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

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Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is epiginṓskō (“to know thoroughly”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

The word epiginṓskō carries the sense “to know thoroughly.” How does it shape the verse?
Matthew 7:16 shares the word «to know thoroughly» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
“he” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Reading how Geneva Bible (1599) and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 10 words in this verse.
“he” occurs 2× in this single verse.
8 distinct Greek lemmas span 9 words in this verse.