Mark 3:1

On another ◄ Sabbath/Jewish day of rest►, Jesus entered ◄the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place► again. There was a man there whose hand was shriveled.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

In Context

2Some men of the Pharisee sect watched him carefully in order to see whether he would heal the man ◄on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►. They did this in order that if he healed the man, they would accuse him of disobeying their Jewish laws, because he worked ◄ on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day►.

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Cross References

1 Kings 13:4When King Jeroboam heard the prophet say that, he pointed his finger at him and said to his servants, “Seize that man!” But immediately the king’s arm became paralyzed/stiff, with the result that he could not move it.

Mark 1:21Later Jesus and those disciples arrived at Capernaum town. On the next ◄Sabbath/Jewish rest day►, after Jesus had entered ◄the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place►, he began teaching the people who had gathered there.

John 5:3Many people were lying there. They were people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed.

Matthew Henry on Mark 3:1

In this chapter, we have, I. Christ's healing a man that had a withered hand, on the sabbath day, and the combination of his enemies against him for it, ver. 1-6 . II. The universal resort of people to him from all parts, to be healed, and the relief they all found with him, ver. 7-12 . III. His ordaining his twelve apostles to be attendants on him, and the preachers of his gospel, ver. 13-21 . IV. His answer to the blasphemous cavils of the scribes, who imputed his power to cast out devils to a confederacy with… Read the whole commentary →

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