Mark 6:53

“And He saw them toiling in rowing: for the wind was contrary to them,” and so on.” — editor's note: Mark vi. 47–54.

Chapter IV.—Of the Words, “The More He Charged Them to Tell No One, So Much the More a Great Deal They Published It;” And of the Question Whether that Statement is Not Inconsistent with His Prescience, Which is…

The Evangelist, having shewn the danger which the disciples had sustained in their passage, and their deliverance from it, now shews the place to which they sailed, saying, “And when they had passed over, they came…

The Lord remained at the above-mentioned place for some time. Therefore the Evangelist subjoins, “And when they had come out of the ship, straightway they knew Him,” That is, the inhabitants of the country.

But they knew Him by report, not by His features; or through the greatness of His miracles, even His person was known to some. See too how great was the faith of the men of the land of Gennesaret, so that they were…

For they did not call Him to their houses that He might heal them, but rather the sick themselves were brought to Him. Wherefore it also follows: “And whithersoever He entered into villages, or cities, or country,…

Furthermore that which is said, “And as many as touched Him were made whole,” shall be fulfilled, when grief and mourning shall fly away.

Matthew 14:34 and Mark 6:53 share the same wording (8 words).

Cited together in Theophylact of Ohrid on Mark 6:53–56 (2) (Catena Aurea).