Mark 2:12
The man stood up immediately! He picked up the sleeping pad, and then he went away, while all the people there were watching. They were all amazed, and they praised God and said, “We have never before seen anything like what happened just now!”
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
11“To you I say, ‘Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad! And then go home!’”
Cross References
Matthew 9:8When the crowds saw this, they were awestruck. They praised God for giving authority to a human being to do such things.
Matthew 12:23All the crowd who saw it marveled. They began asking each other, “Could this man be the Messiah, the descendant of King David, whom we have been expecting?”
Mark 1:27All the people who were there were amazed. As a result, they discussed this among themselves, exclaiming, “◄This is amazing!/What is this?► [RHQ] Not only does he teach in a new and authoritative way, but also the evil spirits obey him when he commands them!”
Luke 7:16Then everyone there was amazed/awestruck. They praised God, saying, “A great prophet has come among us!” They also said, “God has come to help his people!”
Luke 17:15Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God loudly.
John 9:32No one has ever enabled a man to see who was blind when he was born like I was. That has never happened since the world began!
Matthew Henry on Mark 2:2-13
The Healing of a Paralytic. 1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let… Read the whole commentary →