I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat:

I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me already three days and they have not anything they can eat,

'I have compassion upon the multitude, because now three days they do continue with me, and they have not what they may eat;

"My heart yearns over the people," He said; "for this is now the third day they have remained with me, and they have nothing to eat.

I have pity for these people because they have been with me now three days, and have no food;

I have compassion on the crowd, because they have stayed with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.

"I have compassion for the multitude, because, behold, they have persevered with me now for three days, and they do not have anything to eat.

"My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat;

I have compassions - I pity their condition. I am disposed to relieve them.

Having nothing to eat - If they had brought any provisions with them, they were now entirely expended; and they stood in immediate need of a supply.

I have compassion on the multitude,.... Christ is a compassionate Saviour both of the bodies and souls of men: he had compassion on the souls of this multitude, and therefore had been teaching them sound doctrine and he had compassion on the bodies of many of them, and had healed them of their diseases; and his bowels yearned towards them all;
because, says he,
they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat; for if they brought any food with them, it was all spent, and they were in a wilderness, where nothing was to be got; where they had no house to go into, nor bed to lie upon, and no provisions to be bought; and in this case they had been two nights and three days; which showed great affection and zeal in these people, and a close attachment to Christ, in exposing themselves to all these difficulties and hardships, which they seemed to bear with much patience and unconcernedness. The Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions prefix the word "behold" to this clause, as expressing admiration at their stay with him so long in such a place.

I have compassion on the multitude--an expression of that deep emotion in the Redeemer's heart which always preceded some remarkable interposition for relief. (See Matthew 14:14; Matthew 20:34; Mark 1:41; Luke 7:13; also Matthew 9:36, before the mission of the Twelve; compare Judges 2:18; Judges 10:16).
because they have now been with me--in constant attendance.
three days, and have nothing to eat: