Verse Mark 3:11. Thou art the Son of God.] Two MSS., and the later Syriac, have, Thou art the Christ, the Son of God. One of Stephens's MSS. has, Thou art the Holy One of God. A MS. in the library of Leicester has, συ ει ὁ Θεος, υἱος, Thou art GOD, the Son. This is an uncommon reading, which is not confirmed by any MS. yet discovered.
UNCLEAN SPIRITS - Persons who were possessed of evil spirits. THOU ART THE SON OF GOD - The Son of God, by way of eminence. In this place it is equivalent to the Messiah, who was, among the Jews, call...
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. ...
An editorial paragraph descriptive of the new development in the ministry. It is made up of popular generalizations, from which we gather that Jesus had to protect Himself against growing crowds by re...
THE CLASH OF IDEAS (Mark 3:1-6)...
So Jesus withdrew to the lakeside with his disciples, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; and from Judaea and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea and from the Transjordan country, and from t...
SPIRITS. Greek. Plural of _pneuma._ See App-101., or 12. SAW. beheld. App-133. CRIED. cried out. THOU ART, &c. ADivine supplement, here, because agreeing with the second subject of the Lord's minis...
_Thou art the Son of God_ In the Synagogue of Capernaum they had called Him the "Holy One of God" (Mark 1:24), they now acknowledge Him as the "Son of God" (comp. Luke 4:41). The force of the imperfec...
ἘΘΕΏΡΟΥΝ ([442][443][444][445][446][447] 33), ΠΡΟΣΈΠΙΠΤΟΝ ([448][449][450][451][452][453][454][455][456][457] and ἜΚΡΑΖΟΝ ([458][459][460][461][462] rather than ἐθεώρει ([463][464] προσέπιπτεν ([465]...
7–12. WITHDRAWAL TO THE SEA OF GALILEE Matthew 12:5-21; Luke 6:17-19 The three accounts are here very independent and there is not much similarity of wording. It is clear from the context that Matthe...
Ver 6. And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him. 7. But Jesus withdrew Himself with His disciples to the sea: and a great m...
_JESUS CHOOSES HIS TWELVE APOSTLES MARK 3:7-19:_ Jesus went to the shore of the lake with His disciples. A large crowd followed Him there. The people from many places heard of the things that Jesus wa...
ΈΘΕΏΡΟΥΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ (G2334) видеть. Iterat. _impf._, "каждый раз, как они видели" ΠΡΟΣΈΠΙΠΤΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΠΊΠΤΩ (G4363) падать перед кемл.; указывает на подчиненное отно...
9. THE FAME OF JESUS 3:7-12 _TEXT 3:7-12_ And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed: and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and beyo...
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....
WITHDRAWAL OF JESUS. MULTITUDES HEALED. See on Matthew 12:15. St. Mark's account is much fuller. Observe here (_a_) the extraordinary sensation made by the appearance of Jesus, as shown by the great d...
THOU ART THE SON OF GOD] i.e. 'the Messiah.' See on Mark 1:21. 13-19A. CHOICE OF THE TWELVE (Matthew 10:2; Luke 6:12). 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...
AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS. — The testimony which had been given in a single instance (Mark 1:24) now became more or less general. But it came in a form which our Lord could not receive. The wild cry of the...
CHAPTER 3:7-19 (MARK 3:7) THE CHOICE OF THE TWELVE "And Jesus with His disciples withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed: and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea,...
ὅταν ἐθ. In a relative clause like this, containing a past general supposition, classical Greek has the optative without ἄν. Here we have the imperfect indicative with ἄν (ὅτε ἄν). _Vide_ Klotz., _ad...
_The fame of Jesus spreads notwithstanding_ (_vide_ Matthew 4:25; Matthew 12:15 f.; Luke 6:17-19)....
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 (i) unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. (i) In those whom they had entered into: or by the figure of speech called metonymy, it r...
The unclean spirits being obliged by the Divine Power, not only to come and worship, but also to declare his majesty, exclaimed: Thou art the Son of God. How astonishing then is the blindness of the A...
WONDERFUL FAME OF JESUS He has again reached the sea of Galilee, so exceedingly conspicuous in His ministry. I spent two bright autumnal days sailing over this sea, so delighted to traverse, drink, a...
(7) But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, (8) And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and _from_ beyond Jordan: and th...
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 UNCLEAN SPIRITS, WHEN THEY SAW HIM,.... That is, as the Syriac and Arabic versions read, "they who had unclean spirits": or, as the Ethiopic, "they that were possessed with unclean spirits"; as so...
And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. Ver. 11. _Thou art the Son, &c._] The matter is well amended since Satan's first onset upon C...
_And the Pharisees went forth_, &c. From Matthew's observing that _they held a council against him_, it seems probable that those of them, with the scribes, who were present at this miracle, were memb...
UNCLEAN SPIRITS; the persons whom evil spirits possessed. Their prostration of themselves before Jesus, and their acknowledgment of him as the Son of God, are ascribed to the unclean spirits, because...
Miracles of healing:...
AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS, WHEN THEY SAW HIM, FELL DOWN BEFORE HIM AND CRIED, SAYING, THOU ART THE SON OF GOD....
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...
6-12 All our sicknesses and calamities spring from the anger of God against our sins. Their removal, or the making them blessings to us, was purchased to us by the blood of Christ. But the plagues and...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 3:12...
Mark 3:11 And G2532 unclean G169 spirits G4151 whenever G3752 saw G2334 (G5707) Him G846 before G4363 ...
‘And the unclean spirits, whenever they beheld him, fell down before him and cried out saying, “You are the Son of God”. And he strongly charged them that they should not make him known.' And as a res...
THE SECTION CONCLUDES WITH A SUMMARY OF THE CONTINUING MINISTRY (3:7-35). The first major section of Mark's Gospel (from Mark 1:1 to Mark 3:35) now concludes with: · A description of the continuing...
AMAZING SUCCESS BRINGS FERVENT OPPOSITION FROM HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS (3:7-21). Jesus' success expands as He continues to build up His forces for the proclamation of the truth and against the powers...
Mark 3:11. AND UNCLEAN SPIRITS. The demon identified himself with the person, since the confession was undoubtedly that of the evil spirit. WHENEVER THEY SAW HIM. This was the usual effect FELL DO...
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...
WHENSOEVER THEY BEHELD HIM (οταν αυτον εθεωρουν). Imperfect indicative with οταν of repeated action. They kept falling down before him (προσεπιπτον) and crying, (εκραζον) and he kept charging or reb...
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...
EVIL SPIRITS IN THEM. See note on Matthew 4:24....
_And unclean spirits, when they saw Him, fell down before Him._ CHRIST’S SUPREMACY OVER EVIL SPIRITS Whence the commotion in the intelligent universe when the Saviour entered on His public ministry?...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 3:11 Jesus forbids UNCLEAN SPIRITS to speak about him, so that they will not reveal his true identity before he wants to MAKE himself KNOWN....
LARGE CROWDS FOLLOW JESUS MATTHEW 12:15-21; MARK 3:7-12; MATTHEW 12:15 But when Jesus knew [_it_], he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;...
_And unclean spirits fell down before Him_, _i.e._, they fell clown, kneeling at His feet, not out of love and devotion, but from fear, deprecating punishment, that He would not drive them out of the...
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 3:7. Mark several times notes the Saviour’s seasons of retirement from public notice, either (as in this instance) to escape the pursuit of enemies, or for rest, o...
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...
Acts 16:17; Acts 19:13; James 2:19; Luke 4:41; Luke 8:28;...
The unclean spirits [τ α]. The article indicating those particular spirits which took part in that scene. Mark's precision is shown in the use of the two articles and in the arrangement of the noun an...