Mark 2:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:3-5

The pardon of the paralytic. This miracle is recorded also by Matthew and Luke. The former indicates its chronological position as occurring after the return from Gadara. Our gracious Lord "again entered into Capernaum," so slow is he to leave the most undeserving. The news of his arrival quickly spread; indeed, whenever he enters a home or a heart, he cannot be hid. True love and eager faith will surely find him, and in this passage we find an example of that truth. I. THE COMING ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 2:3-12

See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2-8.Palsy - See the notes at Matthew 4:24.Borne of four - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2 by four men.Mark 2:4The press - The crowd, the multitude of people. Jesus was probably in the large open area or hall in the center of the house. See the notes at Matthew 9:2. The people pressed into the area, and blocked up the door so that they could not have access to him.They uncovered the roof where he was - See the notes at Matthew 9:2.When they had broken it... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 2:3-4

Mark 2:3-4. And they come, bringing one sick of the palsy See on Matthew 9:2, &c. Which was borne of four One at each corner of the sofa or couch. And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press The great crowd of people collected together, and feared a delay might lose so precious an opportunity, they uncovered the roof Of the apartment where he was Which was a room that had no chamber over it, the houses in the East being low, having generally a ground floor only, or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 2:1-12

31. Jesus heals a paralyzed man (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26)This story shows the first signs of organized Jewish opposition to Jesus. A group of religious leaders from Jerusalem, Judea and Galilee came, with evil motives, to find out for themselves what Jesus was doing and saying (Luke 5:17).Some friends of a paralyzed man were so sure Jesus could heal him that they allowed no obstacle to stop them from bringing the man to him. In his response Jesus did more than heal the man. He... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:3

unto. Greek. pros. App-104 . sick . . . palsy = a paralytic. of = by. Greek. hupo. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 2:3

And they come, bringing unto him a man sick of palsy, borne of four.THE HEALING OF THE MAN WHO WAS CARRIED BY FOUR MENAlthough Jesus had entered the city quietly, person-to-person communication quickly resulted in the appearance of a throng of people, overflowing the house and blocking the entrance to the residence.Palsy ... Just what the exact nature of the man's disease may have been is not known; but the most unusual conduct of his four friends who took him, bed and all, to Jesus is an... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 2:3

Mark 2:3. Which was borne of four.— Who was carried by four. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 2:3

3. And they come unto him—that is, towards the house where He was. bringing one sick of the palsy—"lying on a bed" ( :-). which was borne of four—a graphic particular of Mark only. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:1-6

D. Jesus’ initial conflict with the religious leaders 2:1-3:6Mark next recorded five instances in which Israel’s leaders opposed Jesus, evidently not in chronological order. These occurred during the Galilean ministry of Jesus. Mark appears to have grouped them so his readers would see that opposition from leaders, particularly religious leaders, was something Jesus had to contend with and overcome. His readers were probably facing similar opposition, and this section should encourage and help... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:1-12

1. The healing and forgiveness of a paralytic 2:1-12 (cf. Matthew 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26)". . . as Rabbinism stood confessedly powerless in face of the living death of leprosy, so it had no word of forgiveness to speak to the conscience burdened with sin, nor yet word of welcome to the sinner. But this was the inmost meaning of the two events which the Gospel-history places next to the healing of the leper: the forgiveness of sins in the case of the paralytic, and the welcome to the chief of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 2:3-5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 2:3-12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 2:3-4

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 2:1-12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 2:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 2:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Mark 2:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 2:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Mark 2:1-12

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