(b) 30 And the apostles gather themselves together unto Jesus; (c) when they were returned, (b) and they told {(c) declared unto} (b) him all things, whatsoever they had done, and whatsoever they had taught. [They had fulfilled the mission on which Jesus had sent them, and on returning each pair made to him a full report of their work.]   31 And he saith unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place [an uninhabited place], and rest a while. For there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. [Need of rest was one reason for retiring to the thinly settled shores east of the lake. Matthew proceeds to give us another reason for his retiring.]   (a) 13 Now   (d) 1 After these things (a) when Jesus heard it [Heard about John's death. The excitement caused by this event, and the efforts to use Jesus as a leader in revolt, as indicated at the close of the last section (see on Mr 6:29), constituted another reason why Jesus should withdraw from the multitude], (c) he took them [the apostles], and withdrew (a) thence (c) apart   (b) 32 And they went away in the {(a) a} boat, (d) to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. (c) to a city called Bethsaida. (b) to a desert place apart. [They sailed to the northeastern shore of the lake to a plain lying near the city of Bethsaida Julius.] [374]

[TFG 374]