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What the Fathers say

Mark 3:7

Eastern Fathers

Theophylact of Ohrid

But He departs, since the time of suffering had not yet come. He departs from the ungrateful also in order to benefit a greater number of people. Many indeed followed Him, and He healed them.

Commentary on Mark ↗

Western Saints

Bede

And Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea. He withdrew as a man fleeing the snares of those who persecuted Him, because neither had His hour of suffering yet arrived, nor was the place of His suffering outside Jerusalem. He withdrew, fleeing from those who persecuted Him out of hatred; but He went to a place where He found many following Him out of love. …

On the Gospel of Mark ↗