Mark 6:54

When they had come out of the boat, immediately the people recognized him,
Mark 6:54 · World English Bible

Parallel translations

KJV And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,
BSB As soon as they got out of the boat, the people recognized Jesus
ESV And when they got out of the boat, the people immediately recognized him
NKJV And when they came out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him,
NASB And when they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him,
NLT and climbed out. The people recognized Jesus at once,

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

Phil 3:10that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;
Ps 9:10Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.

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Christ at the center

Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'

How Mark 6:54 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Andκαί when theyαὐτός were comeἐξέρχομαι out ofἐκ the shipπλοῖον straightwayεὐθέως they knewἐπιγινώσκω himαὐτός

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