Mark 3:1-3 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:1-6

Sabbath observance. I. THE SABBATH MAY BE OBSERVED TO THE LETTER WHILE BROKEN IN THE SPIRIT . Here were men watching to see whether a man would dare to do a loving deed! The letter, which can never be more than the expression of the spirit, must be kept at all costs—except that of the literalists. There are pedants who will quarrel with a great writer because he departs from the "rules of grammar," forgetting that grammar is but a collection of observations of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:1-6

Parallel passages: Matthew 12:9-14 ; Luke 6:6-11 .— The man with the withered hand. I. THE NATURE OF THE DISEASE . It was a case of severe paralysis of the hand—the right hand, as St. Luke, with a physician's accuracy, informs us. The sinews were shrunken, and the hand shrivelled and dried up. And yet we owe to St. Mark's great particularity in narration and minuteness of detail a piece of information that one might rather have expected from the professional skill of "the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:1-35

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:2

The scribes had already the evidence that our Lord had permitted his disciples to rub the ears of corn on the sabbath day. But this was the act of the disciple, not his. What he was now preparing to do was an act of miraculous power. And here the ease was stronger, because work, which was prohibited under pain of death by the Law ( Exodus 31:14 ), was understood to include every act not absolutely necessary. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:2

A miracle of healing. The cure of the man with a withered hand was more obviously a supernatural work than sudden recovery from a fever, so that we need not wonder at the excitement it aroused. But it was only an example of many similar works, and as such we propose to consider it. I. THE MIRACLE WHICH JESUS DID . 1 . It was a removal of bodily infirmity. Although the Son of God came from heaven to do a spiritual work, much of the time of his earthly ministry was spent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:3-4

Stand forth . The words in the original are ἔγειραι εἰς τὸ μέσον Rise into the midst. In St. Matthew's account ( Matthew 12:10 ), the scribes and Pharisees here ask our Lord, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?" The two accounts are easily reconciled if we first suppose the scribes and Pharisees to ask this question of our Lord, and then our Lord to answer them by putting their own question to them in another form. Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm?... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 3:1-5

See this explained in Matthew 12:9-13.Mark 3:4Or 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 to do evil; not to save life is to kill or to be guilty of murder. If a man has an opportunity of saving a man’s life when he is in danger, and does not do it, he is evidently guilty of his death. On this principle our Saviour puts this question to the Jews - whether it was better for him, having the power to heal... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 3:1-5

Mark 3:1-5. 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 was a man which had a withered hand His hand was not only withered, but contracted, as appears from Mark 3:5. See the notes on Matthew 12:10-13. And they The scribes and Pharisees, watched him These men, being ever unfriendly to the Saviour, carefully attended to every thing he... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 3:1-6

35. Man with a withered hand (Matthew 12:9-21; Mark 3:1-6; Luke 6:6-11)If an animal fell into a pit on the Sabbath day, the Jews would not hesitate to rescue it the same day. Yet they criticized Jesus for healing a man on the Sabbath. Although no list of rules sets out all that a person should or should not do to keep the Sabbath holy, it is always right to do good on the Sabbath. To save life is better than to kill, and in this case Jesus was helping to save life. The Pharisees, by contrast,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 3:1

And. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton in verses: Mark 3:1-4 . App-6 . again , i.e. on another Sabbath. Probably the next. into . Greek. eis. App-104 . synagogue . See App-120 . man . Greek. anthropos . App-123 . a withered hand = his hand withered. Compare Matthew 12:10 , read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:1-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Mark 3:3-4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Mark 3:1-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 3:1-5

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 3:1-6

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 3:1

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