Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Mark 3:8
Idumaea] The district S. of Judæa and the Dead Sea. Beyond Jordan] This district, like Tyre and Sidon, was mainly Gentile, and it is possible that among those healed were some Gentiles.
Idumaea] The district S. of Judæa and the Dead Sea. Beyond Jordan] This district, like Tyre and Sidon, was mainly Gentile, and it is possible that among those healed were some Gentiles.
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...
MARK 3:8 plh/qoj polu, {A} The absence of plh/qoj polu, in a few witnesses (W ita, b, c syrs copsa) is probably to be accounted for as a stylistic improvement of Markan redundancy (cf. polu. plh/qoj...
Verse Mark 3:8. _TYRE - SIDON_, c.] See Matthew 11:21. _WHEN THEY HAD HEARD WHAT GREAT THINGS HE DID, CAME UNTO HIM._] So, if Christ be persecuted and abandoned by the wicked, there are a multitude...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
THE CLASH OF IDEAS (Mark 3:1-6)...
IDUMAEA. South of Judea and Dead Sea. ABOUT. Greek. _peri._ App-104., DID. was doing. UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-101....
ἈΚΟΎΟΝΤΕΣ ([429][430][431] and versions) rather than ἀκούσαντες ([432][433][434][435] etc.). ΠΟΙΕΙ͂ ([436][437] Syrr.) rather than ἐποίει ([438][439][440][441] Latt.). Syr-Sin. omits πλῆθος πολύ. [429...
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...
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
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...
_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...
ΆΚΟΎΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. Причинное или _temp. part._ ΈΠΟΊΕΙ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. "Вещи, которые он постоянно делал". ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜ...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
FROM IDUMÆA. — The only passage in the New Testament in which this country is named. It had acquired a considerably wider range than the Edom of the Old Testament, and included the whole country betwe...
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,...
_The fame of Jesus spreads notwithstanding_ (_vide_ Matthew 4:25; Matthew 12:15 f.; Luke 6:17-19)....
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...
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...
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and [from] (f) beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. (f) Which Josephus c...
What is to be understood by Idumea, see Rutter's Evangelical Harmony, Vol. i. p. 286....
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...
(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...
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...
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...
AND FROM JERUSALEM,.... The metropolis of the country of Judea; AND FROM IDUMEA, or Edom, as the Syriac version reads it; a country that lay on the south of Judea, formerly inhabited by the sons of E...
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and _from_ beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. Ver. 8. _From beyond Jor...
_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...
JERUSALEM; the chief city. IDUMEA; that is, the land of Edom, which was south of Palestine, and was settled by the descendants of Esau. During the Babylonish captivity, they took the south part of Pa...
MIRACLES BY THE SEASIDE. The withdrawal of Jesus:...
AND FROM JERUSALEM, AND FROM IDUMEA, AND FROM BEYOND JORDAN; AND THEY ABOUT TYRE AND SIDON, A GREAT MULTITUDE, WHEN THEY HEARD WHAT GREAT THINGS HE DID, CAME UNTO HIM. Jesus made use of discretion and...
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...
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...
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Mark 3:8 and G2532 G575 Jerusalem G2414 and G2532 G575 Idumea G2401 and G2532 beyond G4008 Jordan...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
HEARING WHAT GREAT THINGS HE DID (ακουοντες οσα ποιε). Masculine plural present participle, though πληθος is neuter singular (construction according to sense in both number and gender). This crowd b...
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...
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...
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...
IDUMEA. Edom. Southeast of the Jordan and south of the Dead Sea, a very rocky mountainous area between Palestine and Egypt. Esau's descendants lived here. Herod the Great was an Idumean on his father'...
_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...
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 belong
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;...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 28:26; Ezekiel 35:15; Ezekiel 36:5; Isaiah 23:1; Isaiah 34:5
He did [ε π ο ι ε ι]. Imperfect tense. Others read poiei, he is doing. In either case the tense has a continuous force : what things he was doing or is doing. Note in verses 7, 8, Mark's accurate deta...
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...
From Idumea — The natives of which had now professed the Jewish religion above a hundred and fifty years. They about Tyre and Sidon — The Israelites who lived in those coasts....