Mark 3:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

With anger

Grieved

Luke 19:40

Ephesians 4:30

Hebrews 3:10

Hardness

Stretch

General references

John 9:14

Bible References

With anger

then casting his eyes round the company, he said to the man, stretch out your hand. and he did so: and that hand was as sound as the other.

to which Jesus replied, thou hypocrite, who is there among you that scruples to untie his ox or his ass, and lead him from the stall to water on the sabbath-day?

are you angry? have a care you don't sin. "let not the sun go down upon your wrath,"

"fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the lamb:

Grieved

but he answer'd them, if they should be silent, the stones would exclaim.

grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom you are sealed against the day of deliverance:

wherefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, they do alway err in their hearts; and they have not known my ways.

Hardness

and in them is fulfilled that prophecy of Esaias, "by hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.

"What then, hath not Israel obtained what he sought for?" no, but the chosen remnant have obtained it, and the rest are obdurate to this day,

besides, their minds were greatly prejudiced: for that very veil would still have obstructed the understanding of the old testament, unless it had been taken away by Christ.

which are overspread with darkness, and averse to a religious life, thro' their innate ignorance and obduracy:

Stretch

then saith he to the man, stretch out thy hand: and be stretched it out; and it was made as sound as the other.

then casting his eyes round the company, he said to the man, stretch out your hand. and he did so: and that hand was as sound as the other.

as soon as he perceiv'd them, he said to them, go shew yourselves to the priests. and on the way they found themselves cured.

rise, said Jesus to him, take up thy bed, and go your way.

and said to him, go wash in the pool of Siloam (a word which signifies sent.) so he went and washed, and came seeing.

and by a perfect obedience he procured eternal salvation for all that obey him;

General references

now it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the clay, and gave him his sight.