Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Mark 6:5
could there do no. was not (as in Mark 6:3) able to do any there. Nazareth saw most of the Lord, but profited least. App-169.
save. except.
sick. infirm.
could there do no. was not (as in Mark 6:3) able to do any there. Nazareth saw most of the Lord, but profited least. App-169.
save. except.
sick. infirm.
Verse Mark 6:5. Mark 6:4, Mark 6:4....
See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 13:54....
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Servant rejected in Nazareth. (Mark 6:1. Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16)_ 2. The Servant sends forth the Twelve. (Mark 6:7 .
THE REJECTION OF JESUS AT NAZARETH. Mk.'s reason for inserting this incident at this particular point is obscure. It seems to belong to the early period. Jesus is once more in the synagogue as His cus...
Jesus left there and came into his own native place, and his disciples went with him. When the Sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue. Many, as they listened, were amazed. "Where," they said,...
WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (Mark 6:1-6)...
_no mighty work_ Literally, _no_power. He performed some miracles, but not all He would have done, because of their deep-seated unbelief. His miraculous power was not magical. It was an influence whic...
ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΔΎΝΑΤΟ … ΔΎΝΑΜΙΝ. The verbal play is perhaps intentional; “He had no power to do any work of power” (McLaren). Mt. does not like οὐκ ἐδύνατο of Christ and says οὐκ ἐποίησεν. Origen points out th...
1–6. CHRIST IS DESPISED AT NAZARETH Matthew 13:54-58. Cf. Luke 4:16-30...
Ver 1. And He went out from thence, and came into His own country; and His disciples follow Him. 2. And when the sabbath day was come, He began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing Him were ast...
_JESUS GAVE THE APOSTLES THEIR ASSIGNMENTS MARK 6:1-13:_ Jesus revisited his boyhood home of Nazareth. He had adopted Capernaum as His home and He did many of His mighty works there. Jesus had lived a...
ΈΔΎΝΑΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G1410) быть способным, используется с _inf._ ΠΟΙΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать, ΆΡΡΏΣΤΟΙΣ _dat. pl. от_ ΆΡΡΩΣΤΟΣ (G732) слабый, больной....
5. THE GREAT TEACHER AND THE TWELVE. 6:1-13 _TEXT 6:1-13_ And he went out from thence; and he cometh into his own country; and his disciples follow him. And when the sabbath was come, he began to tea...
_SUMMARY 6:1_7:23 The testimony for Jesus furnished by the preceding section, is based chiefly on the opinions which men formed concerning him. The disciples, though slow and hard of heart to realize...
And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. For the exposition, see the notes at Luke 4:16....
35-37 Compare Luk_8:49-50. 38-43 Compare Mat_9:23-36; Luk_8:51-56. 1-4 Compare Mat_13:53-57; Luk_4:16-30. 1 On a former occasion (Luk_4:16) He had gone to Nazareth to speak, and found His old neighb...
VISIT TO NAZARETH. MISSION OF THE TWELVE. EXECUTION OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1-6. Visit to Nazareth (Matthew 13:54)....
HE COULD THERE DO] This expression, as presenting an apparent difficulty to faith, is more original than St. Matthew's 'He did not there many mighty works.' Of course the inability was moral. Jesus re...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 6 JESUS IN NAZARETH VERSES 1-6 Everywhere that Jesus went, the crowds came. They w...
CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 6:1-6 (Mark 6:1) REJECTED IN HIS OWN COUNTRY "And He went out from thence; and He cometh into His own country; and His disciples follow Him." Mark 6:1 (R.V.) WE have seen how St....
Mark 6:1-6 a. _Jesus at Nazareth_ (Matthew 13:53-58 _cf._ Luke 4:16-30)....
οὐκ ἠδύνατο, etc., He was not _able_ to do any mighty work, which is qualified by the added clause, that He placed His hands on a few _ailing_ persons (ἀρρώστοις); quite minor cures, not to be compare...
THE WIDENING FIELDS Mark 6:1-20 In the opening paragraph of this chapter, we learn of hatred and rejection of those who had enjoyed the rich privileges of being the neighbors and associates of our Lo...
"He could there do no mighty work." Not that He in Himself was unable, for His hands laid on a few sick folk brought healing, but that the condition of wilful and persistent unbelief limited the power...
And he (d) could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed [them]. (d) That is, he would not: for we need to have faith if we are going to receive the work...
_And he could not [1] do any miracle there.]_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] in Scripture, is divers times the same as _nolle. So Genesis xxxvii, it is said of Joseph's brothers, they could not, ( non poterant) i.e...
CHAPTER 30 JESUS AGAIN REJECTED AT NAZARETH Matthew 13:54-58, & Mark 6:1-6. “He went out from thence, and came into His own country [i.e., He went from Capernaum to Nazareth]; and His disciples follo...
CONTENTS. _The_ LORD JESUS is _here, spoken of with contempt by his countrymen. He sends forth his Disciples. Herod hears of_ CHRIST, _and is alarmed._ JESUS _feeds the Multitude. He is seen walking...
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...
_THE POWER OF UNBELIEF_ ‘And He could there do no mighty work, save that He laid His hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.’ Mark 6:5 What an idea it gives us of the wonder-working power of J...
In that which follows, the history (properly so called) of His service is resumed (chapter 6). Only we see Him already rejected by a blinded people, in spite of the power which He had manifested, and...
AND HE COULD THERE DO NO MIGHTY WORK,.... Or miracle; not that Christ had no power in himself to work miracles, though their unbelief and contempt of him were very great; but it was not fit and proper...
And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed _them_. Ver. 5. _He could do there no mighty work_] He could not, because he would not. Note here th...
_And he came into his own country_, &c. For an explanation of this paragraph, see the notes on Matthew 13:53. _Is not this the carpenter's son?_ There can be no doubt that Jesus in his youth wrought w...
HIS OWN COUNTRY; Nazareth. Matthew 13:54-58....
COULD THERE DO NO MIGHTY WORK; because of their unbelief, as is added by Matthew, Matthew 13:58. This is an instance of the manner in which the words CAN and CANNOT are sometimes used in the Bible: he...
AND HE COULD THERE DO NO MIGHTY WORK, SAVE THAT HE LAID HIS HANDS UPON A FEW SICK FOLK AND HEALED THEM....
The result of the opposition:...
TITLE: Jesus was amazed TEXT: Mark 6:4-6 PROPOSITION: Sometimes, even Jesus is amazed. QUESTION: When? KEY WORD: Circumstances READING: Same INTRODUCTION: 1. Many things surprise, amaze, and marvel u...
1-6 Our Lord's countrymen tried to prejudice the minds of people against him. Is not this the carpenter? Our Lord Jesus probably had worked in that business with his father. He thus put honour upon m...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 6:4...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X And Matthew and Mark, wishing to set forth the excellency of the divine power, that it has power even in unbelief, but not so great power as it has in the faith of...
Mark 6:5 Now G2532 could G3756 G1410 (G5711) do G4160 (G5658) no G3762 work G1411 there G156
JESUS IS REJECTED IN HIS OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD (6:1-6). Having preached continually in the area by the Sea of Galilee and around Capernaum, and having revealed His glory through His activities, Jesus now...
‘And he could there do no mighty work (‘power') except that he laid his hands on a few sick folk and healed them.' The reason that He could not perform miracles was because they would not come to Him....
Mark 6:5. AND HE COULD THERE DO NO MIGHTY WORK. His power was not changed. His miracles were not feats of magic, but required two conditions to call them forth: an opportunity and a sufficient moral p...
CHRONOLOGY. This visit to Nazareth is the same as that mentioned by Matthew (Matthew 13:54-58), but different from that recorded by Luke (Luke 4:14-29). See notes on the former passage. Some other mir...
Mark 6:5 The text contains two remarkable instances, in a short space, of the manner in which the feelings and circumstances of men are ascribed to God in the Scriptures. It is said of Him who is Almi...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent out to preach. Murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the sea. Jesus heals many at Gennesaret. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Herod, Herodias, her daughter,...
Mark 6:3. _Is not this the carpenter?_ The jews were bound to teach their children some trade, as no man could say what the vicissitudes of life might be. Hence Lightfoot cites the following passage f...
HE WAS NOT ABLE. Matthew says they did not have faith. Jesus did not lack the ability to perform miracles, but it would be useless to do so, because these people had already decided not be believe....
_And He could there do no mighty work._ THE UNBELIEF OF THE NAZARENES Our plan will be to give you in the first place certain reasons, where the unbelief was strongest, the miracles were few; and the...
_And He went out from thence, and came into His own country._ JESUS RE-VISITS NAZARETH I. Gracious condescension. Jesus, although He had been cruelly treated at Nazareth, once more turns His steps ho...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 6:5 COULD DO NO MIGHTY WORK THERE. Jesus will not force his miracles on a hostile, skeptical audience. Nevertheless, he continues TEACHING (see...
THE PEOPLE OF NAZARETH REFUSE TO BELIEVE MATTHEW 13:53-58; MARK 6:1-6; MATTHEW 13:53 And it came to pass, [_that_] when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence....
CHAPTER 6 1 _Christ is contemned of his countrymen_. 7 _He giveth the twelve power over unclean spirits_. 14 _Divers opinions of Christ_. 27 _John Baptist is beheaded_, 29 _and buried_. 30 _The apostl...
_And He could not do any miracles there. Could not_, i.e., _would not_, because He did not think it proper to give what was holy to dogs, that is, to force His miracles upon unbelieving and ungrateful...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 6:1. HIS OWN COUNTRY.—_Native place_, or _town_: Nazareth, the home of His youth. Rejected at an earlier stage in His ministry (Luke 4:14), He now returns in the c...
EXPOSITION MARK 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY, the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfo...
Shall we turn to Mark's gospel, chapter 6. Jesus had been in the city of Capernaum there on the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. And He has just brought back to life the daughter of Jairus, one of...
Genesis 19:22; Genesis 32:25; Hebrews 4:2; Isaiah 59:1; Isaiah 59:2;...
Sick [α ρ ρ ω σ τ ο ι ς]. From aj, not, and rJwnnumi, to strengthen. Sickness regarded as constitutional weakness....
HOW UNBELIEF HINDERED CHRIST Mark 6:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to take up two questions of Mark 6:2 1. THE FIRST QUESTION: "FROM WHENCE HATH THIS MAN THESE THINGS?" (1) We have back of the ques...
He could do no miracle there — Not consistently with his wisdom and goodness. It being inconsistent with his wisdom to work them there, where it could not promote his great end; and with his goodness,...
If Jesus is God, why couldn’t He do mighty works here? PROBLEM: First of all, the Bible describes Jesus as God (John 1:1) who has, with the Father, “all authority in heaven and earth” (Matthew 28:18)...