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Mark 8:13
And He left them, got back into the boat, and crossed to the other side.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jesus acts after declaring that no sign will be given to the generation demanding proof. He withdraws from them and returns to the boat to cross to the opposite shore.
The words — ἀφεὶς (apheis) = having left and ἐμβὰς (embas) = having entered. The aorist participles mark decisive, completed actions that terminate the confrontation and initiate the departure.
The thread — The narrative continues directly in Mark 8:14, which notes the disciples had forgotten bread except for one loaf in the boat. The pattern of divine withdrawal in response to hardened demands parallels the judicial abandonment described in Psalms 81:12 and the rejection of false prophetic claims in Jeremiah 23:33.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to accept that Jesus will not manufacture signs to satisfy opposition. The reader must follow the narrative past the demand for proof and into the reality of his withdrawal.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.
Cross-references
- Acts 18:6 But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
- Psalms 81:12 So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
- Jeremiah 23:33 “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
- Hosea 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
- Hosea 9:12 Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
- Matthew 7:6 Do not give dogs what is holy; do not throw your pearls before swine. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
- Matthew 15:14 Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- Luke 8:37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
- John 8:21 Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
- John 12:36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.