Mark 3:1 (BSB)
Once again Jesus entered the synagogue, and a man with a withered hand was there.
Commentary on Mark 3:1
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Mark 3:1-12: Here, as before, we have our Lord Jesus busy at work in the synagogue first, and then by the sea side; to teach us that his presence should not be confined either to the one or to the other, but, wherever any are gathered together in his name, whether in the synagogue or any where else, there is he in the midst of them.
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 3:1: MARK CHAPTER 3 Verses 1-5. See this explained in . (a) "And he entered"
- William Burkitt (Anglican), Expository Notes on the New Testament on Mark 3:1: The former part of this chapter reports to us a miraculous cure wrought by Christ upon a man who had a withered hand. The place where he wrought it, was the synagogue; the time when, was the sabbath-day; the manner how, was by speaking a word; the persons before whom, were the envious and malicious Pharisees.
- Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Mark 3:1: And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. (1) Thirdly, because they preferred the ceremonial law (which was but an addition to the moral law) before the moral law, whereas in reality they should have learned from this the true use of the ceremonial law. (a) That is, unprofitable and dead.