Mark 3:1
Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
2 In order to accuse Jesus, they were watching to see if He would heal on the Sabbath.
3 Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
- KJV
- And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
- WEB
- He entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there whose hand was withered.
- ASV
- And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there who had his hand withered.
- DARBY
- And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was there a man having his hand dried up.
- BLB
- And He entered into the synagogue again, and a man having a withered hand was there.
- ÅB
- Og han gikk igjen inn i en synagoge, og der var en mann som hadde en vissen hånd.
- OTB
- Jesus gikk inn i synagogen igjen, og der var det en mann med en vissen hånd.
- B1930
- Og han gikk atter inn i en synagoge, og der var en mann som hadde en vissen hånd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 12:9–14
Moving on from there, Jesus entered their synagogue,
Read in contextLuke 6:6–11
On another Sabbath Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered.
Read in contextMark 1:21
Then Jesus and His companions went to Capernaum, and right away Jesus entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and began to teach.
Read in context1 Kings 13:4
Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
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