Mark 3:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Mark 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  See this explained in Matthew 12:9-13 . 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 t...

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• Mark 3:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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,...

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• Mark 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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....

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• Mark 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  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.

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• Mark 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. To do good - or - evil? to save life, or to kill? - It was a m...

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• Mark 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 12:9-21 .

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• Mark 3:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Choice of the Twelve 1-6. The withered hand ( Matthew 12:9 ; Luke 6:6 ). See on Mt.

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• Mark 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  III. (1-6) A man there which had a withered hand. — See Notes on Matthew 12:9-14 . St. Mark omits the reference to the sheep fallen into a pit, and, on the other hand, gives more graphically ou...

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• Mark 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 3 CHAPTER 3:1-6 ( Mark 3:1-6 ) 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 h...

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• Mark 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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 b...

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• Mark 3:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 harden...

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• Mark 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• Mark 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 an...

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• Mark 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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, a...

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• Mark 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Mark 3:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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 nothi...

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• Mark 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Withered Hand Restored; Multitudes Healed.       1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a wit...

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• Mark 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See Poole on " Mark 3:1 "

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• Mark 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 the...

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• Mark 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 pit...

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• Mark 3:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Mark 3:1-5 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....

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• Mark 3:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 tha...

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• Mark 3:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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 million...

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• Mark 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 th...

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• Mark 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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.

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• Mark 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Hosea 6:6 ; Luke 13:13-17 ; Luke 14:1-5 ; Luke 6:9 ; Mark 2:27 ; Mark 2:28 ; Mark 9:34 ; Matthew 12:10-12

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• Mark 3:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Man with the Withered Hand Mark 3:1-10 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...

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• Mark 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  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.

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