‘And he comes into a house, and the great crowd comes together again so that they could not so much as eat food.'
‘He comes into a house.' The house may be that of Peter in Capernaum, or it may be the house of a follower in some other town.
‘The great crowd comes together again so that they could not so much as eat bread.' The ‘again' may refer back to Mark 3:8 or to Mark 2:2. The idea would seem to be that they brought so many sick folk that it was taking up all the group's time. The fact that they could not so much as eat ‘bread' (or food) presumably means that they kept them so busy that they had no time to eat. It is a reminder that where there was need Jesus would not rest until He had met it, even though He felt it should not be the first call on His time, and it was becoming a burden.