Mark 6:31

And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jesus speaks to the apostles immediately after they return from their mission and report their work, during a period of relentless public demand. The words — deute (Come) and kat' idian (apart/private) frame the directive as a deliberate withdrawal from the crowd rather than a casual suggestion. The thread — This pattern of withdrawal recurs in Mark 3:7 and Mark 3:20, where Jesus retreats from pressing crowds that prevent basic sustenance. Why it lands — It requires the reader to treat rest as a necessary discipline rather than an optional pause, directly linking physical exhaustion to the need for private separation.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.

Cross-references

Mark 3:20 Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
Mark 3:7 So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
John 6:1 After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias).
Mark 1:45 But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
Matthew 14:13 When Jesus heard about John, He withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. But the crowds found out about it and followed Him on foot from the towns.