Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them.
In there verses, we have, I. The return to Christ of the apostles whom he had sent forth (Mar 6:7), to preach, and work miracles. They had dispersed themselves into several quarters of the country for some time, but when they had made good their several appointments, by consent they gathered themselves together, to compare notes, and came to Jesus, the centre of their unity...
Commenting on Mark 6:30-44
And the people saw them departing,.... The multitude that came to and fro, saw Christ and his disciples taking ship, and launching off; for though they were as private as could be, and intended to have gone in a very private manner, yet the people observed them: and many knew him: Jesus; some copies read, "them"; and so do the Syriac and Ethiopic versions; they...
Verse 33. Afoot thither. On foot to the place where they saw them going. Out of all cities. All cities or large towns in the neighbourhood.