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 devils by Beelzebub_ : 31 _and sheweth who are his brother, sister, and mother._... [ Continue Reading ]
_And He saith to them_, _Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath-days_, _or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace._ The translator reads _άπολέσαι_, that is, _to destroy._ We now read _α̉ποκτει̃ναι_, i.e, _to kill._ But _to destroy_ is better. For the Gospel is speaking o... [ Continue Reading ]
_That a little ship should wait upon Him._ Gr. _προσκαρτερη̃_, _i.e._, should be close at hand, that He might betake Himself to it when the multitude pressed upon Him.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Plagues_, Gr. _μάστιγας_, _i.e._, _scourgings_, viz _., strokes_ and _diseases_, with which God chastises and scourges men on account of their sins.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And unclean spirits fell down before Him_, _i.e._, they fell clown, kneeling at His feet, not out of love and devotion, but from fear, deprecating punishment, that He would not drive them out of the men, and banish them to hell. _Saying, Thou art the Son of God._ You will ask whether the devils rea... [ Continue Reading ]