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Healing on the Sabbath

1 And aHe entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand.  
2 So they awatched Him closely, whether He would bheal him on the Sabbath, so that they might1 accuse Him.  
3 And He said to the man who had the withered hand,1 “Step forward.”  
4 Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent.
5 And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the ahardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored1 as whole as the other.  
6 aThen the Pharisees went out and immediately plotted with bthe Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.  
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Mark 3:2

They watched (parethroun). Imperfect tense, were watching on the side (or sly). Luke uses the middle voice, parethrounto, to accent their personal interest in the proceedings. It was the sabbath day and in the synagogue and they were there ready to catch him in the act if he should dare to violate their rules as he had done in the wheat fields on the previous sabbath. Probably the same Pharisees are present now as then.

That they might accuse him (ina kathgorhswsin autou). So Matthew 12:10. Luke has it "that they might find how to accuse him" (ina eurwsin kathgorein autou). They were determined to accuse him. The sabbath controversy offered the best opening. So here they are ready for business.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 3:2:

Matthew 12:13
Luke 6:6
Luke 6:7
Luke 14:1
Luke 20:20
John 5:16

 

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