Mark 6:52

Mark 6:52 Meaning and Explanation

For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

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Mark explains their astonishment: they had not understood the miracle of the loaves, because their heart was hardened.

What Does Mark 6:52 Mean?

Mark adds a surgical explanation: the disciples were staggered on the sea because they had never truly taken in what happened with the loaves. The miracle had passed through their hands without reaching their hearts, which Mark calls hardened, grown dull and slow to perceive.

Hardness of heart here belongs not to enemies but to apostles, a sobering word for every believer. It is possible to distribute a miracle and miss its meaning. Each work of God is meant to teach who he is, so that the next storm finds his people remembering. Bread pondered becomes courage banked.

Mark 6:52 in the Original Language

poroo (πωρόω), 'hardened' -- made callous, dull, or insensible.

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Mark explains their astonishment: they had not understood the miracle of the loaves, because their heart was hardened.

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