Mark 3:2
Some lawmen wanted to make trouble for Jesus. So they watched him to see if he would make the man better on the Jewish rest day. If Jesus made the man better, then those lawmen would say that Jesus was doing work and that he was breaking their law.
Barkly (portions)
In The King James Version
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
In Context
1On another Jewish rest day, Jesus went to a meeting house and saw a man with a crippled hand.
3Jesus said to the man with the crippled hand, “Come here so that everyone can see you.”
Matthew Henry on Mark 3:2-13
The Withered Hand Restored; Multitudes Healed. 1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being… Read the whole commentary →