Mark 3:9

And he told his disciples to bring him a ship, on account of the multitude, lest they should crowd upon him

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

In Context

8and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan, and from Tyre, and from Sidon: great multitudes, when they heard all that he did, came to him.

10For he had healed many, so that they rushed upon him, in order to touch him.

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Cross References

Mark 5:30And Jesus at once knew in himself, that virtue had issued from him: and he turned to the throng, and said: Who touched my clothes?

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 →

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