Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Mark 3:9
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should (g) wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
(g) Should always be ready for him.
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should (g) wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
(g) Should always be ready for him.
Verse Mark 3:9. _A SMALL SHIP_] πλοιαριον. _The lytil boot_, Old English MS. It was doubtless something of the _boat_ kind, which probably belonged to some of the disciples. Our Lord was at this time...
A SMALL SHIP - Rather a “boat.” There were properly speaking, no “ships” on the Sea of Tiberias. This was probably a small boat that belonged to the disciples, in which he could draw off from the shor...
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DISCIPLES. See note on Mark 6:30. BECAUSE OF. on account of. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Mark 3:2. MULTITUDE. crowd. Not the same word an in verses: Mark 3:7; Mar
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ΕἾΠΕΝ ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΜΑΘΗΤΑΙ͂Σ. _He told His disciples_. He gave orders to that effect. ἽΝΑ ΠΛΟΙΆΡΙΟΝ ΠΡΟΣΚΑΡΤΕΡΗ͂Ι. This defines the purport rather than the purpose of the request or command; cf. Mark 3:10; M...
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ΠΛΟΙΆΡΙΟΝ (G4142) demin. маленькая лодка, ΠΡΟΣΚΑΡΤΕΡΉ _praes. conj. act. от_ ΠΡΟΣΚΑΡΤΕΡΈΩ (G4342) с _dat._ привязываться к кому-л., подстерегать. Смысл в том, что лодка нужна была Иисусу как убежище...
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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....
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ἵνα πλοιάριον προσκαρτερῇ : a boat to be always in readiness, to get away from the crowds. Whether used or not, not said; shows how great the crowd was....
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AND HE SPAKE UNTO HIS DISCIPLES,.... In an authoritative way; he ordered and commanded them, THAT A SMALL SHIP SHOULD WAIT ON HIM: that a boat should be got ready, be near at hand, and attend him, wh...
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. Ver. 9. _Lest they should throng him_] Gr. θλιβωσιν, afflict him, press, or...
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Miracles of healing:...
AND HE SPAKE TO HIS DISCIPLES THAT A SMALL SHIP SHOULD WAIT ON HIM BECAUSE OF THE MULTITUDE, LEST THEY SHOULD THRONG HIM....
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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 3:6...
Mark 3:9 So G2532 told G2036 (G5627) His G846 disciples G3101 that G2443 boat G4142 ready G4342 ...
‘And he requested his disciples that a small boat should await on him because of the crowd lest they press in on him, for he had healed many with the result that as many as had diseases pressed in on...
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Mark 3:9. THAT A SMALL BOAT. The original refers to a boat even smaller than the usual fishing-boats. WAIT ON HIM. Be constantly at His service. BECAUSE OF THE CROWD. A different word from ‘multitu...
THAT A LITTLE BOAT SHOULD WAIT ON HIM (ινα πλοιαριον προσκαρτερη αυτω). The boat was to keep close (note present tense subjunctive of προσκαρτερεω) to the shore in constant readiness and move as Je...
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_That a little ship should wait upon Him._ Gr. _προσκαρτερη̃_, _i.e._, should be close at hand, that He might betake Himself to it when the multitude pressed upon Him....
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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...
John 6:15; Mark 5:30...
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