Mark 1:38
He said to them, “ No, let’s go on to the neighboring towns in order that I can preach there also, because the reason that I came into the world was to preach to people in many places!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
37“ Come back to the town with us, because many [HYP] people in Capernaum are looking for you!”
Cross References
Luke 2:49He said to them, speaking about the Temple being God his Father’s house, “◄I am surprised that you (dl) did not know where to find me!/Why did you not know where to find me?► [RHQ] ◄You (dl) should have known that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house!/Did you not know that it was necessary for me to be in my Father’s house?► [RHQ]”
Luke 4:43But he said to them, “I must tell people in other towns also the good message about how God wants to rule [MET] their lives, because that is what I was sent { God sent me} to do.”
John 16:28I came from my Father into this world. Very soon I will be leaving this world and going back to my Father.”
John 17:8I gave them the message that you gave me, and they have accepted it. They now know for certain that I came from you. They now believe that you sent me.
Matthew Henry on Mark 1:30-40
Christ Healing Many Patients. 29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was… Read the whole commentary →