Mark 3:6 (BSB)
At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
Commentary on Mark 3:6
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Mark 3:6: Mark 3:6. The Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians. Now they regarded the Herodians with the fiercest hatred; for their eagerness to be considered the guardians and protectors of public liberty made it necessary for them to make an open profession of mortal hatred to the ministers of that tyrant.
- 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.
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Mark 3:6: And the Pharisees went forth,.... Out of the synagogue, being dreadfully galled with the reasonings of Christ, at the silence and confusion they were put to, and with the miracle he wrought, to the exposing of them, and establishing his own credit: and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him: See Gill on Mat 22:16.
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on Mark 3:6: Verse 6. Straightway. Immediately; or, as soon as possible. Took counsel. Laid a plan, Consulted with them. Literally, "made a consultation." The Herodians. . How they might destroy him. They hated him for his holiness; because he reproved them; because he laid open their hypocrisy; and because he won the hearts of the people, and lessened their influence.