Mark 6:55
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Mark 6:55 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
- 1 hapax legomenon — only here in the Greek New Testament
- 2 first appearances in the Greek New Testament
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World English Bible Public Domain
and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
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King James Version Public Domain
And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
they ran throughout that whole region, and they began to carry on their mats the ones having sickness where they were hearing that he is.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick, on their mats, to where they heard he was.
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
and ran through that whole region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
and ran through that whole surrounding region, carrying the sick on mats to wherever they heard He was.
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King James Version Public Domain
And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
and ran round about that whole region, and began to carry about on their beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
and ran round about that whole region, and began to carry about on their beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And ran about throughout all that region round about, and began to cary hither and thither in couches all that were sicke, where they heard that he was.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And running through that whole country, they began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
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,
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
they ran around through all that surrounding region, and they began to carry around on the pallets those being ill, where they were hearing that He is,
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
and they ran throughout the whole region and began to bring the sick on their mats to wherever they heard he was.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
they ran throughout that whole region, and they began to carry on their mats the ones having sickness where they were hearing that he is.
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Darby Bible Public Domain
they ran through that whole country around, and began to carry about those that were ill on couches, where they heard that he was.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
and ran around that whole region, and began to bring those who were sick on their mats to where they heard he was.
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And ran through that whole region around, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
They ran everywhere around the whole area to bring in all the sick on their mats to where they'd heard Jesus was.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And went running through all the country round about, and took on their beds those who were ill, to where it was said that he was.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
So the people ran around throughout the entire surrounding region and began to carry the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was.
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
and ran forth throughout all the region rounde about and began to cary aboute in beeddes all that were sicke to the place where they heard tell that he was.
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- Appears 1× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Aorist
- Voice
- Active
- Mood
- Indicative
- Person
- 3rd person
- Number
- Plural
Full Thayer's Definition
- περιέδραμον peritréchō G4063 “to run around” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- ὅλην hólos G3650 “all” Adjective, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- τὴν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- χώραν chṓra G5561 “region” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- ἐκείνην ekeînos G1565 “that one” Demonstrative pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἤρξαντο árchomai G756 “to lead” Verb, Aorist, Middle deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- ἐπὶ epí G1909 “upon” Preposition
- τοῖς ho G3588 “the” Article, Dative, Plural, Masculine
- κραβάττοις krábbatos G2895 “pallet” Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine
- τοὺς ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Plural, Masculine
- κακῶς kakōs G2560 “miserable” Adverb
- ἔχοντας échō G2192 “to have” Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Plural, Masculine
- περιφέρειν periphérō G4064 “to carry about” Verb, Present, Active, Infinitive
- ὅπου hópou G3699 “where” Adverb
- ἤκουον akoúō G191 “to hear” Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural
- ὅτι hóti G3754 “that” Conjunction
- ἐστίν eimí G1510 “to be” Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 18
- words
- 16
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
1 hapax legomenon — a word that appears only here in the entire Greek New Testament:
- περιέδραμον to run around G4063
First appearance in Scripture
These words make their first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
Shared distinctive vocabulary
περιφέρειν to carry about G4064 occurs in 3 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse:
- τὴν the G3588 ×3
Cross-references
3Topical passages linked to Mark 6:55 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Matthew 4:24 The report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
- Mark 2:1–3 When he entered again into Capernaum after some days, it was heard that he was in the house.
- Mark 3:7–11 Jesus withdrew to the sea with his disciples, and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 18 words (16 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is peritréchō (“to run around”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “to run around” (peritréchō) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- 1 word here appears nowhere else in the Greek New Testament. Why might the author reach for such rare wording?
- 2 words make their first appearance in Scripture here. What does this debut establish?
- How does 2 Corinthians 4:10, which shares the word «to carry about», read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “the” (3× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Compare how Bengel's Gnomon and Expositor's Greek Testament read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in the Greek New Testament.
- 2 words make their first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 16 words in this verse.
- “the” occurs 3× in this single verse.
- 16 distinct Greek lemmas span 18 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Mark 6:55 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.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Bengel's Gnomon
Johann Albrecht Bengel
Bengel's Gnomon of the New Testament — English translation (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1860) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
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.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
Marvin R. Vincent
Marvin R. Vincent, Word Studies in the New Testament (1887–1900) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.