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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Jésus leur dit: Venez à l'écart dans un lieu désert, et reposez-vous un peu. Car il y avait beaucoup d'allants et de venants, et ils n'avaient même pas le temps de manger.
KJV
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
the crowd. We are told of three reasons for His doing this. First, for the rest of the body: hence ( Mk. 6:31 ) it is stated that our Lord said to His disciples: "Come apart into a desert place, and rest a little. For there were many coming and going: and they had not so much as…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 188 (Migne)
nt et saturati sunt, et de reliquiis XII cophini fragmentorum pleni sublati sunt (Matth. XIV, 13-21; Marc. VI, 30-44; Luc. IX, 10-17; Joan. [Col. 0033B] VI, 1-13) . Haec omnia mysteriis plena sunt. Jesus de Judaea secedit, in desertum gentium venit. Turbae sequuntur. Languidos…
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