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A Great Multitude Follows Jesus

7 But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, aand from Judea  
8 and Jerusalem and Idumea and beyond the Jordan; and those from Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard how amany things He was doing, came to Him.  
9 So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him.
10 For He healed amany, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to btouch Him.  
11 aAnd the unclean spirits, whenever they saw Him, fell down before Him and cried out, saying, b“You are the Son of God.”  
12 But aHe sternly warned them that they should not make Him known.  
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Mark 3:9

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 shore, and teach the people without being pressed by them.

Lest they should throng him - They pressed upon him in great numbers. He had healed many, and those who were still diseased pressed or crowded on him, so that his labors were interrupted and embarrassed. He therefore withdrew from the multitude, and sought a situation where he might address them to greater advantage.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Mark 3:9:

Matthew 12:14-21
Matthew 12:14-21
2 Corinthians 4:8
2 Peter 1:16

 

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