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NASB | Mark 6:34 When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 6:34 When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd [waiting], and He was moved with compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd [lacking guidance]; and He began to teach them many things. |
Subject: Love/Feed/Tend His Sheep |
Bible Note: Kalos and Tim are the Greek scholars around here, but I'll put in my 2 cents since you asked. :-) John 21:15 agape, 16 agape, 17 fileo Peter used "fileo" in each response. To my way of thinking Jesus was asking Peter if he fully, sacrificially, and completely loved Christ. Each time Peter could only say that he loved Christ as a brother. Finally Christ asked, "Do you, indeed, love me like a brother?" Even in this, Peter's inability -- as is ours -- made manifest. Note also, with regard to the sheep, that in verse 15 and 17 Christ says "feed" but in verse 16 He says "tend." (Just interesting, no significance that I can determine.) (By the way, in Aramaic there is only one word for love, so this is another indication that Christ used Greek. It always surprises me, but some people say that this was the author's imposition on the actual conversation when he wrote it up in Greek. That's hard for me to swallow -- I can't imagine John taking such license!) |