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Mark 3:7,8

MARK—NOTE ON Mark 3:7 Idumea. The region south of Judea. beyond the Jordan. The region east of the Jordan River. Tyre and Sidon. The region north of Galilee. All of these regions had belonged to Israel during the time of the judges, and descendants of the 12 tribes had resettled in the area following the Babylonian exile.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    MARK 3:7-8 @hvkolou,qhsen#( kai. avpo. th/j VIoudai,aj kai. avpo. ~Ierosolu,mwn {C} This nest of variant readings probably arose from the prolix style of Mark’s summary statement. The Committee regar...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Mark 3:7. _GALILEE_] See Matthew 4:13; Matthew 4:15....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TO THE SEA - The Sea of Galilee, or to the lonely regions which surrounded the sea, where he might be in obscurity, and avoid their designs against his life. His time had not yet come, and he prudentl...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 3 _ 1. In the synagogue. The man with the withered hand healed. (Mark 3:1. Matthew 12:9; Luke 6:6 .)_ 2. The Withdrawal of the Servant. Many healed. ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    An editorial paragraph descriptive of the new development in the ministry. It is made up of popular generalizations, from which we gather that Jesus had to protect Himself against growing crowds by re...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    THE CLASH OF IDEAS (Mark 3:1-6)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    So Jesus withdrew to the lakeside with his disciples, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; and from Judaea and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and from the Transjordan country, and from t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    JESUS. App-98. WITHDREW. Note other withdrawals in Mark (Mark 3:7; Mark 6:31; Mark 6:36; Mark 7:24;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Withdrawal of Jesus to the Lake of Gennesaret 7. _a great multitude_ Observe the wide area from which the multitude were now gathered together; the region (1) of Tyre and Sidon and Galilee in the Nort...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    7–12. WITHDRAWAL TO THE SEA OF GALILEE Matthew 12:5-21; Luke 6:17-19 The three accounts are here very independent and there is not much similarity of wording. It is clear from the context that Matthe...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    7, 8. ἈΝΕΧΏΡΗΣΕΝ ΠΡῸΣ ΤῊΝ ΘΆΛΑΣΣΑΝ. The verb does not imply retreat from danger (John 6:15; Acts 23:19; Acts 26:31), but it is often used in this sense (Matthew 2:14

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 6. And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him. 7. But Jesus withdrew Himself with His disciples to the sea: and a great m...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS CHOOSES HIS TWELVE APOSTLES MARK 3:7-19:_ Jesus went to the shore of the lake with His disciples. A large crowd followed Him there. The people from many places heard of the things that Jesus wa...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΆΝΕΧΏΡΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΝΑΧΩΡΈΩ (G402) уходить, ΉΚΟΛΟΎΘΗΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΛΟΥΘΈΩ (G190) следовать....

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 1421 THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND Mark 3:5. And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thi...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    JESUS WITHDREW HIMSELF— The immense multitude which followed our Lord, did not all come together purely out of curiosity; it was principle, no doubt, which moved many; but others came merely to be hea...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    9. THE FAME OF JESUS 3:7-12 _TEXT 3:7-12_ And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed: and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyo...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 12:9....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    CHOICE OF THE TWELVE 1-6. The withered hand (Matthew 12:9; Luke 6:6). See on Mt....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    WITHDRAWAL OF JESUS. MULTITUDES HEALED. See on Matthew 12:15. St. Mark's account is much fuller. Observe here (_a_) the extraordinary sensation made by the appearance of Jesus, as shown by the great d...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 3 THE DAY FOR REST VERSES 1-5 Jesus obeyed God, his father, completely. Jesus did...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND FROM JUDÆA.... AND FROM JERUSALEM. — The fact thus recorded is interesting as in some degree implying the ministry in Jerusalem and its neighbourhood, which the first three Gospels, for some reaso...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 3:7-19 (MARK 3:7) THE CHOICE OF THE TWELVE "And Jesus with His disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed: and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea,...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν, _with the disciples_ : note they now come to the front. We are to hear something about them to which the notice of the great crowd is but the prelude. Hence the emphatic position bef...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The fame of Jesus spreads notwithstanding_ (_vide_ Matthew 4:25; Matthew 12:15 f.; Luke 6:17-19)....

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE LORD OF THE SABBATH Mark 2:23-28; Mark 3:1-19 The ritualist demands the outward, the conventional, the ancient usage of the past. Christ says, “Be natural.” The needs of man, whether of body or...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is one of the few occasions on which it is said that Christ was angry. Particularly note the reason for His anger: "When He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardeni...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    WONDERFUL FAME OF JESUS He has again reached the sea of Galilee, so exceedingly conspicuous in His ministry. I spent two bright autumnal days sailing over this sea, so delighted to traverse, drink, a...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (7) But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, (8) And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and _from_ beyond Jordan: and th...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE HUMAN SIDE OF A MIRACLE_ ‘Stretch forth thine hand.’ Mark 3:5 By the command of the text three conditions were demanded:— I. FAITH WAS REQUIRED.—Unbelief hinders God’s merciful designs, exclu...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Such was the question raised in the synagogue (chapter 3) on the occasion of the man with the withered hand. The Lord sets it publicly before their conscience; but neither heart nor conscience answere...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT JESUS WITHDREW HIMSELF WITH HIS DISCIPLES TO THE SEA,.... Knowing their evil designs against him, he departed out of the synagogue, and city of Capernaum; and taking his disciples with him, he wen...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, Ver. 7. _But Jesus withdrew himself_] Tertullian condemneth flight in any c...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And the Pharisees went forth_, &c. From Matthew's observing that _they held a council against him_, it seems probable that those of them, with the scribes, who were present at this miracle, were memb...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    THE SEA; the sea of Galilee. JUDEA; the southern and more thickly settled part of the country....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BUT JESUS WITHDREW HIMSELF WITH HIS DISCIPLES TO THE SEA; AND A GREAT MULTITUDE FROM GALILEE FOLLOWED" HIM, AND FROM JUDEA,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    MIRACLES BY THE SEASIDE. The withdrawal of Jesus:...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    We have seen that the sabbath was made for the purpose of ministering to the needs of men. Now the Lord in the synagogue encountered a man who was in manifestly serious need. But his need meant nothin...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MARK 3:6...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 3:7 But G2532 Jesus G2424 withdrew G402 (G5656) with G3326 His G846 disciples G3101 to G4314 sea...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SECTION CONCLUDES WITH A SUMMARY OF THE CONTINUING MINISTRY (3:7-35). The first major section of Mark's Gospel (from Mark 1:1 to Mark 3:35) now concludes with: · A description of the continuing...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AMAZING SUCCESS BRINGS FERVENT OPPOSITION FROM HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS (3:7-21). Jesus' success expands as He continues to build up His forces for the proclamation of the truth and against the powers...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    FURTHER SUCCESS (3:7-12). ‘And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea, and a huge crowd from Galilee followed. And from Judaea and from Jerusalem and from Idumaea and beyond Jordan and about Ty...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    Mark 3:7-8. WITHDREW. Not to avoid the multitudes, but rather to fulfil His ministry among them, undisturbed by the opposition of the Pharisees. TO THE SEA. To the shores of the sea of Galilee; perha...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

    CHRONOLOGY. See on Matthew 11:1-21. These events took place just before the choosing of the Twelve (Mark 2:14, etc.). On the theory of a three years' ministry in Galilee, they occurred shortly after t...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    WITHDREW TO THE SEA (ανεχωρησεν εις την θαλασσαν). Evidently Jesus knew of the plot to kill him, "perceiving it" (Matthew 12:15). "He and His would be safer by the open beach" (Swete). He has the di...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 3:7 I. There is a time to withdraw from opponents. II. Withdrawment is not necessarily the result of cowardice. III. Withdrawment from one sphere should be followed by entrance into another. Gr...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jesus heals a withered hand on the Sabbath. Multitudes healed. The twelve chosen. The unpardonable sin. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Satan, disciples, man with the withered hand, Mary, J...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 3:13. _He calleth to him whom he would._ He knew them as he knew Nathaniel; he knew their piety, he knew their worth. They followed him at first as hearers, having no thoughts of the glory that w...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES WENT AWAY. [More complete notes are given on Matthew 12:15-21 about his popularity at this time.]...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Came unto Him._ A POWERFUL REASON FOR COMING TO CHRIST I. The attraction. They had heard with somewhat of a believing ear. They drew from what they heard an argument of hope. No doubt they were par...

  • The Gospels Compared

    LARGE CROWDS FOLLOW JESUS MATTHEW 12:15-21; MARK 3:7-12; MATTHEW 12:15 But when Jesus knew [_it_], he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;...

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 3 1 _Christ healeth the withered hand_, 10 _and many other infirmities_ : 11 _rebuketh the unclean spirits_ : 13 _chooseth his twelve apostles_ : 22 _convinceth the blasphemy of casting out de...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 3:7. Mark several times notes the Saviour’s seasons of retirement from public notice, either (as in this instance) to escape the pursuit of enemies, or for rest, o...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION This chapter begins with the record of another case of healing on the sabbath day; and it closes with the notice of a combination of the Pharisees with the Herodians to bring about the des...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And he entered again into the synagogue(Mark 3:1); This was on the Sabbath day. and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 14:5; Acts 14:6; Acts 17:10; Acts 17:14; John 10:39;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    Withdrew. Mark alone notes no less than eleven occasions on which Jesus retired from his work, in order to escape his enemies or to pray in solitude, for rest, or for private conference with his disci...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND Mark 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are giving a study in the Book of Mark which will carry some splendid suggestions for the student. Every Sunday morning we see a large...

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