Mark 6:6

Mark 6:6

4 But Jesus said to them, ^a“A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.”

5 ^aNow He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

6 And ^aHe marveled because of their unbelief. ^bThen He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching.

Sending Out the Twelve

7 ^aAnd He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out ^btwo by two, and gave them power over unclean spirits.

8 He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts—

9 but ^ato wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.

10 ^aAlso He said to them, “In whatever place you enter a house, stay there till you depart from that place.

11 ^aAnd whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from there, ^bshake off the dust under your feet as a testimony against them.² Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!”

12 So they went out and preached that people should repent.

13 And they cast out many demons, ^aand anointed with oil many who were sick, and healed them.

John the Baptist Beheaded

14 ^aNow King Herod heard of Him, for His name had become well known. And he said, “John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore ^bthese powers are at work in him.”

15 ^aOthers said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is the Prophet, ^bor like one of the prophets.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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And he marvelled because of their unbelief (kai eqaumasen dia thn apistian autwn). Aorist tense, but Westcott and Hort put the imperfect in the margin. Jesus had divine knowledge and accurate insight into the human heart, but he had human limitations in certain things that are not clear to us. He marvelled at the faith of the Roman centurion where one would not expect faith (Matthew 8:10; Luke 7:9). Here he marvels at the lack of faith where he had a right to expect it, not merely among the Jews, but in his own home town, among his kinspeople, even in his own home. One may excuse Mary, the mother of Jesus, from this unbelief, puzzled, as she probably was, by his recent conduct (Mark 3:21, Mark 3:31). There is no proof that she ever lost faith in her wonderful Son.

He went round about the villages teaching (perihgen tav kwmav kuklw didaskwn). A good illustration of the frequent poor verse division. An entirely new paragraph begins with these words, the third tour of Galilee. They should certainly be placed with verse Mark 6:7. The Revised Version would be justified if it had done nothing else than give us paragraphs according to the sense and connection. "Jesus resumes the role of a wandering preacher in Galilee" (Bruce). Imperfect tense, perihgen.

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

Matthew 10:10
Mark 5:17
Luke 4:16
Luke 22:36
John 7:5

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