Mark 3:6

Mark 3:6

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.

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.

The Twelve Apostles

13 ^aAnd He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He Himself wanted. And they came to Him.

14 Then He appointed twelve,¹ that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to preach,

15 and to have¹ power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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And straightway with the Herodians took council (euquv meta twn hrwdianwn). The Pharisees could stand no more. So out they stalked at once in a rage of madness (Luke 6:11) and outside of the synagogue took counsel (sumboulion epoihsan) or gave counsel (sumboulion edidoun, as some MSS. have it, imperfect tense, offered counsel as their solution of the problem) with their bitter enemies, the Herodians, on the sabbath day still "how they might destroy him" (opwv auton apoleswsin), a striking illustration of the alternatives of Jesus a few moments before, "to save life or to kill." This is the first mention of the Herodians or adherents of Herod Antipas and the Herod family rather than the Romans. The Pharisees would welcome the help of their rivals to destroy Jesus. In the presence of Jesus they unite their forces as in Mark 8:15; Mark 12:13; Matthew 22:16.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Mark 3:6:**

Matthew 12:14
Matthew 15:1
Matthew 22:16
Mark 8:11
Mark 11:18
Mark 12:13
Luke 6:6
Luke 6:7
Luke 6:11

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