9 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.
9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him,
9 He told his disciples to get a boat ready so he wouldn't be trampled by the crowd.
9 So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him.
9 Jesus instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not crush him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Mark 3:9
Commentary on Mark 3:6-12
(Read Mark 3:6-12)
All our sicknesses and calamities spring from the anger of God against our sins. Their removal, or the making them blessings to us, was purchased to us by the blood of Christ. But the plagues and diseases of our souls, of our hearts, are chiefly to be dreaded; and He can heal them also by a word. May more and more press to Christ to be healed of these plagues, and to be delivered from the enemies of their souls.