Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Mark 3:4
Is it lawful to save life or to kill? — Which he knew they were seeking occasion to do. But they held their peace — Being confounded, though not convinced.
Is it lawful to save life or to kill? — Which he knew they were seeking occasion to do. But they held their peace — Being confounded, though not convinced.
Verse Mark 3:4. _TO DO GOOD - OR - EVIL? TO SAVE LIFE, OR TO KILL?_] It was a maxim with the Jews, as it should be with all men, that he who neglected to preserve life when it was in his power, was t...
See this explained in Matthew 12:9. Mark 3:4 OR TO DO EVIL? TO SAVE LIFE, OR TO KILL? - It seems to have been a maxim with the Jews that not to do good when we have an opportunity is to do evil; not...
CHAPTER 3 _ 1. In the synagogue. The man with the withered hand healed. (Mark 3:1. Matthew 12:9; Luke 6:6 .)_ 2. The Withdrawal of the Servant. Many healed. ...
THE SABBATH HEALING WHICH DETERMINED PHARISAIC HOSTILITY. (See p. 666.) Mk. links this synagogue incident with his first (Mark 1:21) by the word again. Jesus is no longer unknown; He is suspect. Anoth...
Jesus went into the synagogue again; and there was a man there who had a hand which had withered; and they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath day, so that, if he did,...
THE CLASH OF IDEAS (Mark 3:1-6)...
LAWFUL. more lawful. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Degree), App-6. DO EVIL. Greek. _kakopoieo._ Compare App-128. LIFE. soul. Greek. _psuche._ See App-110....
_But they held their peace_ St Mark alone mentions this striking circumstance, as also what we read in the next verse, that "_He looked round about on them with anger_....
1–6. A WITHERED HAND HEALED ON THE SABBATH Matthew 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11...
4. It might have been sufficient to say that it was no violation even of their rules respecting the Sabbath for the man to stretch out his hand. But Christ appeals to a broader principle (cf. Mark 2:1...
Ver 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....
_A MAN WITH A CRIPPLED HAND MARK 3:1-6:_ During His personal ministry Jesus went about doing good. Peter spoke of "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about...
ΈΞΕΣΤΙΝ (G1832) _praes. ind. act._ позволено, законно, ΠΟΙΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΚΑΚΟΠΟΙΈΩ (G2554) поступать дурно. Инфинитивы-дополнения объя...
b. Healing On The Sabbath 3:1-6 _TEXT 3:1-6_ And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had his hand withered. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sab...
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. For the exposition, see the notes at Matthew 12:9....
CHOICE OF THE TWELVE 1-6. The withered hand (Matthew 12:9; Luke 6:6). See on Mt....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 3 THE DAY FOR REST VERSES 1-5 Jesus obeyed God, his father, completely. Jesus did...
III. (1-6) A MAN THERE WHICH HAD A WITHERED HAND. — See Notes on Matthew 12:9. St. Mark omits the reference to the sheep fallen into a pit, and, on the other hand, gives more graphically our Lord’s “l...
CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 3:1-6 (Mark 3:1) THE WITHERED HAND "And He entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had his hand withered. And they watched Him, whether He would heal him...
_The withered hand_ (Matthew 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11)....
ἀγαθὸν ποιῆσαι ἢ κακοποιῆσαι, either: to do good or evil to one, or to do the morally good or evil. Recent commentators favour the latter as essential to the cogency of Christ's argument. But the form...
THE LORD OF THE SABBATH Mark 2:23-28; Mark 3:1-19 The ritualist demands the outward, the conventional, the ancient usage of the past. Christ says, “Be natural.” The needs of man, whether of body or...
This is one of the few occasions on which it is said that Christ was angry. Particularly note the reason for His anger: "When He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardeni...
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save (b) life, or to kill? But they held their peace. (b) He uses here the figure of speech called synecdoche, f...
A difficulty here arises, how to reconcile St. Mark with St. Matthew. St. Mark puts the words into the mouth of Jesus Christ: Is it lawful? When St. Matthew says, that they interrogated him: Is it law...
THE WITHERED HAND Matthew 12:9-14; Mark 3:1-6; and Luke 6:6-11. Our Lord and His disciples have again reached Galilee, their native land. Luke notifies us that this incident transpired on the Sabbath...
CONTENTS. _ We have here the case of the Man with the withered hand: the Call of the Apostles: the Scribe's Blasphemy: and the_ LORD JESUS _speaking of his relations._ AND he entered again into the s...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
Such was the question raised in the synagogue (chapter 3) on the occasion of the man with the withered hand. The Lord sets it publicly before their conscience; but neither heart nor conscience answere...
AND HE SAITH UNTO THEM,.... Either to the whole multitude, to all the assembly in the synagogue; and so the Persic version renders it, "again he said to the multitude"; or rather, to the Scribes and P...
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. Ver. 4. _To do good or to do evil_] Not to do good, then, as t...
_He entered again into the synagogue_ Luke says, _On another sabbath._ The synagogue seems not to have been at Capernaum, but in some city which lay in his way as he went through Galilee. _And there w...
The withered hand. Matthew 12:9-13....
IT IS LAWFUL; which was most proper: to do good, as Jesus contemplated, or to do evil, as the Pharisees intended? to save the man's life by removing his disease, or to leave him to die? THEY HELD THEI...
The healing:...
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....
We have seen that the sabbath was made for the purpose of ministering to the needs of men. Now the Lord in the synagogue encountered a man who was in manifestly serious need. But his need meant nothin...
TITLE: The Look of Jesus TEXT: Mark 3:1-6 PROPOSITION: Sometimes a look is more revealing than words. QUESTION: How? KEY WORD: Looks SCRIPTURE READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. A look can reveal much ab...
1-5 This man's case was piteous; he had a withered hand, which disabled him from working for his living; and those that are so, are the most proper objects of charity. Let those be helped that cannot...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 3:1...
Mark 3:4 Then G2532 said G3004 (G5719) them G846 lawful G1832 (G5748) Sabbath G4521 good G15 ...
THE SON OF MAN HEALS WHAT HAS WITHERED AND AGAIN REVEALS HIMSELF AS LORD OVER THE SABBATH (3:1-6). In this narrative the Pharisees are seen as now deliberately out to trap Jesus. They had made their a...
‘And he says to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath day to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to kill?” But they held their peace.' Then Jesus directed His attention to the Pharisees, and He coul...
Mark 3:4; Matthew 12:10 shows that the question of our Lord was preceded by one from the Pharisees, just as His command had been occasioned by ‘their thoughts' or ‘reasonings' (Luke 6:8). IS IT LAWF...
CHRONOLOGY. See on Matthew 11:1-21. These events took place just before the choosing of the Twelve (Mark 2:14, etc.). On the theory of a three years' ministry in Galilee, they occurred shortly after t...
Mark 3:1-6. See on Matthew 12:9-14....
BUT THEY HELD THEIR PEACE (ο δε εσιωπων). Imperfect tense. In sullen silence and helplessness before the merciless questions of Jesus as the poor man stood there before them all. Jesus by his pitil...
Mark 3:1 Note: I. Christ's detection of human incompleteness. He instantly discovered that there was a man in the synagogue with a withered hand. II. Jesus Christ's power over partial disease. The...
CONTENTS: Jesus heals a withered hand on the Sabbath. Multitudes healed. The twelve chosen. The unpardonable sin. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, Satan, disciples, man with the withered hand, Mary, J...
Mark 3:13. _He calleth to him whom he would._ He knew them as he knew Nathaniel; he knew their piety, he knew their worth. They followed him at first as hearers, having no thoughts of the glory that w...
WHAT DOES OUR LAW ALLOW US TO DO? He does not ask what "Tradition" allows. His words imply that he wants to "save life," while the critics want to "destroy" it....
_And there was a man there which had a withered hand._ THE WITHERED HAND I. What the withered hand may be said to symbolize. 1. It represents capacity for work. By the hand the toiling millions ear...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 3:3 To DO GOOD on the Sabbath would not violate the OT law, but it _would_ violate the opponents’ Pharisaic tradition. Their tradition misses the point of the Mosaic law: to love God...
JESUS HEALS A MAN'S HAND ON THE SABBATH MATTHEW 12:9-14; MARK 3:1-6; LUKE 6:6-11; MATTHEW 12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into the
_And He saith to them_, _Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath-days_, _or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace._ The translator reads _άπολέσαι_, that is, _to destroy._...
CHAPTER 3 1 _Christ healeth the withered hand_, 10 _and many other infirmities_ : 11 _rebuketh the unclean spirits_ : 13 _chooseth his twelve apostles_ : 22 _convinceth the blasphemy of casting out de...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 3:5. WITH ANGER, BEING GRIEVED.—His anger would be roused as He thought of the evil resulting to others from the bigotry and tyranny of their spirit; His pity, as...
EXPOSITION This chapter begins with the record of another case of healing on the sabbath day; and it closes with the notice of a combination of the Pharisees with the Herodians to bring about the des...
And he entered again into the synagogue(Mark 3:1); This was on the Sabbath day. and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day...
Hosea 6:6; Luke 13:13; Luke 14:1; Luke 6:9; Mark 2:27;...
THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND Mark 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are giving a study in the Book of Mark which will carry some splendid suggestions for the student. Every Sunday morning we see a large...