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Mark 6:3

MARK—NOTE ON Mark 6:3 Is not this... the son of Mary may hint that some people thought Jesus was an illegitimate child. Joseph must have had at least four sons, among whom were James 1:1 (see Acts 12:17; Galatians 1:19; Galatians 2:9, Galatians 2:12) and Judas (not the betrayer; see Introduction to Jude: Author, Date, and Recipients), as well as at least two daughters (on Jesus’ brothers and sisters, see note on Matt. 13:55–56).

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

    MARK 6:3 te,ktwn( o` ui`o,j {A} All uncials, many minuscules, and important early versions read, “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary …?” Objection was very early felt to this description of J...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Mark 6:3. _IS NOT THIS THE CARPENTER_] Among the ancient Jews, every father was bound to do four things for his son. 1. To circumcise him. 2. To redeem him. 3. To teach him the law. 4. To te...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 13:54....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Servant rejected in Nazareth. (Mark 6:1. Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16)_ 2. The Servant sends forth the Twelve. (Mark 6:7 .

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REJECTION OF JESUS AT NAZARETH. Mk.'s reason for inserting this incident at this particular point is obscure. It seems to belong to the early period. Jesus is once more in the synagogue as His cus...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    Jesus left there and came into his own native place, and his disciples went with him. When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue. Many, as they listened, were amazed. "Where," they said,...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (Mark 6:1-6)...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    NOT. Greek. _ou_. App-105. Not the same word as in verses: Mark 6:9; Mark 6:11; Mark 6:34. THE CARPENTER. the workman. Such terms used only by His rejecters. Occurs only here and...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Is not this the carpenter?_ Save in this one place, our Lord is nowhere Himself called "the Carpenter." According to the custom of the Jews, even the Rabbis learnt some handicraft. One of their prove...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    Ὁ ΤΈΚΤΩΝ Ὁ ΥἹΌΣ ([1116][1117][1118][1119][1120][1121][1122][1123]) rather than ὁ τοῦ τέκτονος υἱός (33, Lat-Vet. Aeth.). ΚΑῚ� ([1124][1125][1126][1127][1128][1129]) rather than ἀδελφὸς δέ (see on Mark...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    1–6. CHRIST IS DESPISED AT NAZARETH Matthew 13:54-58. Cf. Luke 4:16-30...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

    Ver 1. And He went out from thence, and came into His own country; and His disciples follow Him. 2. And when the sabbath day was come, He began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing Him were ast...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JESUS GAVE THE APOSTLES THEIR ASSIGNMENTS MARK 6:1-13:_ Jesus revisited his boyhood home of Nazareth. He had adopted Capernaum as His home and He did many of His mighty works there. Jesus had lived a...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΤΈΚΤΩΝ (G5045) строитель, плотник, столяр; тот, кто работает с твердым материалом (Lane). Иногда предполагают, что Иисус работал в близлежащем городе Сепфор (R. A. Batey, "Is Not This the Carpenter?...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    5. THE GREAT TEACHER AND THE TWELVE. 6:1-13 _TEXT 6:1-13_ And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him. And when the sabbath was come, he began to tea...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _SUMMARY 6:1_7:23 The testimony for Jesus furnished by the preceding section, is based chiefly on the opinions which men formed concerning him. The disciples, though slow and hard of heart to realize...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 4:16....

  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    35-37 Compare Luk_8:49-50. 38-43 Compare Mat_9:23-36; Luk_8:51-56. 1-4 Compare Mat_13:53-57; Luk_4:16-30. 1 On a former occasion (Luk_4:16) He had gone to Nazareth to speak, and found His old neighb...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    VISIT TO NAZARETH. MISSION OF THE TWELVE. EXECUTION OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1-6. Visit to Nazareth (Matthew 13:54)....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IS NOT THIS THE CARPENTER?] Mt 'Is not this the carpenter's son?' Baur, Bleek, Renan, and Hilgenfeld regard St. Mark's version of this expression as a proof that he was acquainted with the Virgin Birt...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 6 JESUS IN NAZARETH VERSES 1-6 Everywhere that Jesus went, the crowds came. They w...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 6:1-6 (Mark 6:1) REJECTED IN HIS OWN COUNTRY "And He went out from thence; and He cometh into His own country; and His disciples follow Him." Mark 6:1 (R.V.) WE have seen how St....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Mark 6:1-6 a. _Jesus at Nazareth_ (Matthew 13:53-58 _cf._ Luke 4:16-30)....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    ὁ τέκτων : avoided by Mt., who says the carpenter's _son_ : one of Mk.'s realisms. The ploughs and yokes of Justin M. (c. Trypho., 88) and the apocryphal Gospels pass beyond realism into vulgarity. ἐσ...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE WIDENING FIELDS Mark 6:1-20 In the opening paragraph of this chapter, we learn of hatred and rejection of those who had enjoyed the rich privileges of being the neighbors and associates of our Lo...

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

    "He could there do no mighty work." Not that He in Himself was unable, for His hands laid on a few sick folk brought healing, but that the condition of wilful and persistent unbelief limited the power...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his (b) sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. (b) This word is used aft...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    St. Matthew relates that they asked: _Is not this the son of the carpenter? It is not improbable that both questions were asked; it was certainly very natural to take him for a carpenter, who was the...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

    CHAPTER 30 JESUS AGAIN REJECTED AT NAZARETH Matthew 13:54-58, & Mark 6:1-6. “He went out from thence, and came into His own country [i.e., He went from Capernaum to Nazareth]; and His disciples follo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS. _The_ LORD JESUS is _here, spoken of with contempt by his countrymen. He sends forth his Disciples. Herod hears of_ CHRIST, _and is alarmed._ JESUS _feeds the Multitude. He is seen walking...

  • 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 SUPREMACY OF CHRIST_ ‘From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto Him, that even such mighty works are wrought by His hands? Is not this the carpenter, th...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In that which follows, the history (properly so called) of His service is resumed (chapter 6). Only we see Him already rejected by a blinded people, in spite of the power which He had manifested, and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    IS NOT THIS THE CARPENTER?.... Some copies read, "the carpenter's son", as in Matthew 13:55 and so the Arabic and Ethiopic versions; but all the ancient copies, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Persic versi...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. Ver. 3. _Is not this the carp...

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

    _And he came into his own country_, &c. For an explanation of this paragraph, see the notes on Matthew 13:53. _Is not this the carpenter's son?_ There can be no doubt that Jesus in his youth wrought w...

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    HIS OWN COUNTRY; Nazareth. Matthew 13:54-58....

  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    THE CARPENTER; Jesus, before he began his ministry, seems to have wrought at the employment of a carpenter. Matthew 13:55....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    JESUS AT NAZARETH. Another tour of Galilee:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    IS NOT THIS THE CARPENTER, THE SON OF MARY, THE BROTHER OF JAMES, AND JOSES, AND OF JUDA, AND SIMON? AND ARE NOT HIS SISTERS HERE WITH US? AND THEY WERE OFFENDED AT HIM....

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    TITLE: Who is this man? TEXT: Mark 6:1-3 PROPOSITION: Jesus is different than all other men. QUESTION: What? KEY WORD: Questions READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. As more attention was drawn, questions...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 Our Lord's countrymen tried to prejudice the minds of people against him. Is not this the carpenter? Our Lord Jesus probably had worked in that business with his father. He thus put honour upon m...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE POOLE ON "MARK 6:1...

  • NT Verse References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

    Tertullian An Answer to the Jews I wait to hear what you understand thereby; for fear you may perhaps think some carpenter-king[220] Origen Against Celsus Book VI is Jesus Himself ever described as...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Mark 6:3 Is G2076 (G5748) this G3778 not G3756 carpenter G5045 Son G5207 Mary G3137 and G1161 brother...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JESUS IS REJECTED IN HIS OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD (6:1-6). Having preached continually in the area by the Sea of Galilee and around Capernaum, and having revealed His glory through His activities, Jesus now...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And many hearing him were astonished, saying, “From where has this man learned these things?” and “What is the wisdom that is given to this man and what mean such mighty works (‘powers') wrought by h...

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

    CHRONOLOGY. This visit to Nazareth is the same as that mentioned by Matthew (Matthew 13:54-58), but different from that recorded by Luke (Luke 4:14-29). See notes on the former passage. Some other mir...

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

    Mark 6:3. THE CARPENTER. Matthew: ‘the carpenter's son.' Our Lord had probably wrought at the trade of Joseph; though the Nazarenes would in any case naturally identify Him with the occupation of His...

  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    IS NOT THIS THE CARPENTER? (Ουχ ουτος εστιν ο τεκτων;). Matthew 13:55 calls him "the carpenter's son" (ο του τεκτονος υιος). He was both. Evidently since Joseph's death he had carried on the busines...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 6:3 The Holiness of Common Life. I. The holiest of men may to all outward eyes appear exactly like other people. For in what does holiness consist but in a due fulfilment of the relative duties...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 6:2 Does Labour block the way. I. "Is not this mighty worker and wise teacher a carpenter?" Well, and what then? Skill in handling the plane and driving the saw does not expel wisdom from the sp...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Mark 6:1 I. Christian doctrine applicable to all classes of men. II. Christian doctrine calculated to excite the profoundest surprise. III. Christian doctrine always conveying the impression of uni...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The twelve sent out to preach. Murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the sea. Jesus heals many at Gennesaret. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Herod, Herodias, her daughter,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Mark 6:3. _Is not this the carpenter?_ The jews were bound to teach their children some trade, as no man could say what the vicissitudes of life might be. Hence Lightfoot cites the following passage f...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    ISN'T HE THE CARPENTER? This shows that Jesus had worked at the same "trade" as Joseph (his _legal_ father). It was the custom for every Jew to be taught a "trade." [Brothers and sisters, see note on...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And He went out from thence, and came into His own country._ JESUS RE-VISITS NAZARETH I. Gracious condescension. Jesus, although He had been cruelly treated at Nazareth, once more turns His steps ho...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Is not this the carpenter?_ JESUS CHRIST, THE CARPENTER I. How the fact that Jesus was a carpenter was a hindrance to the faith of His fellow countrymen. 1. The objection was natural. He had grown...

  • The Gospels Compared

    THE PEOPLE OF NAZARETH REFUSE TO BELIEVE MATTHEW 13:53-58; MARK 6:1-6; MATTHEW 13:53 And it came to pass, [_that_] when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence....

  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

    CHAPTER 6 1 _Christ is contemned of his countrymen_. 7 _He giveth the twelve power over unclean spirits_. 14 _Divers opinions of Christ_. 27 _John Baptist is beheaded_, 29 _and buried_. 30 _The apostl...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 6:1. HIS OWN COUNTRY.—_Native place_, or _town_: Nazareth, the home of His youth. Rejected at an earlier stage in His ministry (Luke 4:14), He now returns in the c...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION MARK 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY, the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfo...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn to Mark's gospel, chapter 6. Jesus had been in the city of Capernaum there on the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. And He has just brought back to life the daughter of Jairus, one of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 9:4; 1 Peter 2:4; Acts 1:13;...

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

    The carpenter. This word "throws the only flash which falls on the continuous tenor of the first thirty years, from infancy to manhood, of the life of Christ" (Farrar, " Messages of the Books "). The...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    HOW UNBELIEF HINDERED CHRIST Mark 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to take up two questions of Mark 6:2 1. THE FIRST QUESTION: "FROM WHENCE HATH THIS MAN THESE THINGS?" (1) We have back of the ques...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Is not this the carpenter? — There can be no doubt, but in his youth he wrought with his supposed father Joseph....

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