Mark 8:2
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I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat.

compassion.

Mark 1:41 And Jesus, having compassion on him, stretched forth his hand and touching him saith to him: I will. Be thou made clean.

Mark 5:19 And he admitted him not, but saith him: Go into thy house to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had mercy thee.

Mark 6:34 And Jesus going out saw a great multitude: and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Mark 9:22 And oftentimes hath he cast him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him. But if thou canst do any thing, help us, having compassion on us.

Psalm 103:13 As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:

Psalm 145:8,15 The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy. . . .

Micah 7:19 He will turn again, and have mercy on us: he will put away our iniquities: and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.

Matthew 9:36 And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

Matthew 14:14 And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

Matthew 20:34 And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw and followed him.

Luke 7:13 Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, he said to her: Weep not.

Luke 15:20 And rising up, he came to his father. And when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion and running to him fell upon his neck and kissed him.

Hebrews 2:17 Wherefore, it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest before God, that he might be a propitiation for the sins of the people.

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not a high priest who cannot have compassion on our infirmities: but one tempted in all things like as we are, without sin.

Hebrews 5:2 Who can have compassion on them that are ignorant and that err: because he himself also is compassed with infirmity.

and have.

Matthew 4:2-4 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. . . .

Matthew 6:32,33 For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things. . . .

John 4:6-8,30-34 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour. . . .

Context
The Feeding of the Four Thousand
1In those days again, when there was great multitude and they had nothing to eat; calling his disciples together, he saith to them: 2I have compassion on the multitude, for behold they have now been with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off.…
Cross References
Matthew 9:36
And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

Mark 6:32
And going up into a ship, they went into a desert place apart.

Mark 6:34
And Jesus going out saw a great multitude: and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Mark 8:3
And if I shall send them away fasting to their home, they will faint in the way: for some of them came from afar off.

Lexicon
“I have compassion
Σπλαγχνίζομαι (Splanchnizomai)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4697: To feel compassion, have pity on, be moved.

for
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

[these]
τὸν (ton)
Article - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

people,
ὄχλον (ochlon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3793: From a derivative of echo; a throng; by implication, the rabble; by extension, a class of people; figuratively, a riot.

because
ὅτι (hoti)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because.

they have already been
προσμένουσίν (prosmenousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4357: From pros and meno; to stay further, i.e. Remain in a place, with a person; figuratively, to adhere to, persevere in.

with Me
μοι (moi)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

three
τρεῖς (treis)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5140: Three. Or neuter tria a primary number; 'three'.

days
ἡμέραι (hēmerai)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

have
ἔχουσιν (echousin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

nothing
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

to eat.
φάγωσιν (phagōsin)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5315: A primary verb; to eat.


Additional Translations
“I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.

"I am moved with compassion upon the crowd, because they continue with Me three days already, and have nothing that they might eat.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat,

I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

"My heart yearns over the people," He said; "for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat.

"I have compassion on the multitude, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;
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