Mark 3:3

Legacy Standard Bible

And He *said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He told the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand before us.”

King James Version (1611)
And he saith vnto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

King James Version
And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

English Standard Version
And he said to the man with the withered hand, "Come here."

New American Standard Bible
He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!"

New Century Version
Jesus said to the man with the crippled hand, "Stand up here in the middle of everyone."

Amplified Bible
He said to the man whose hand was withered, "Get up and come forward!"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!"

Berean Standard Bible
Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, "Stand up among us."

Contemporary English Version
Jesus told the man to stand up where everyone could see him.

Complete Jewish Bible
He said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Come up where we can see you!"

Darby Translation
And he says to the man who had his hand dried up, Rise up [and come] into the midst.

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus said to the man with the crippled hand, "Stand up here so that everyone can see you."

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then he saide vnto the man which had the withered hand, Arise: stand forth in the middes.

George Lamsa Translation
And he said to the man whose hand was withered, Stand up in the midst.

Good News Translation
Jesus said to the man, "Come up here to the front."

Lexham English Bible
And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come into the middle."

Literal Translation
And He said to the man who had a withering of the hand, Rise up into the middle.

American Standard Version
And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth.

Bible in Basic English
And he said to the man, Get up and come forward.

Hebrew Names Version
He said to the man who had his hand withered, "Stand up."

International Standard Version
He said to the man with the paralyzed hand, "Come forward."into the middle">[fn]

Etheridge Translation
And he said to him, the man with the withered hand, Stand up in the midst.

Murdock Translation
And he said to the man of the withered hand: Stand up in the midst.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he saide vnto the man which had the wythered hande: Aryse, [and stande] in the myddes.

English Revised Version
And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth.

World English Bible
He said to the man who had his hand withered, "Stand up."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he saith to the man that had the withered hand, Stand forth.

Weymouth's New Testament
"Come forward," said He to the man with the shrivelled arm.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he seide to the man that hadde a drie hoond, Rise in to the myddil.

Update Bible Version
And he says to the man that had his hand withered, Stand forth.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he saith to the man who had the withered hand, Stand forth.

New English Translation
So he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Stand up among all these people."

New King James Version
And He said to the man who had the withered hand, "Step forward."

New Living Translation
Jesus said to the man with the deformed hand, "Come and stand in front of everyone."

New Life Bible
Jesus said to the man with the dried-up hand, "Stand up."

New Revised Standard
And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come forward."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he saith unto the man who hath his hand withered, Arise into the midst!

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst.

Revised Standard Version
And he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Come here."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he sayde vnto ye man which had ye wyddred honde: arise and stonde in ye middes.

Young's Literal Translation
And he saith to the man having the hand withered, `Rise up in the midst.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he sayde vnto ye ma with the wythred hade: Steppe forth here.

Mace New Testament (1729)
he said then to the man who had the withered hand, rise and stand there in the midst.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Jesus said to the guy, "Come up front for a second."

Contextual Overview

¹And He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there with a withered hand. ²And they were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. ³And He *said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!" ⁴And He *said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent. ⁵And after looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶And the Pharisees went out and immediately began taking counsel together with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. ⁷And Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judea, ⁸and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him. ⁹And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him; ¹⁰for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.

Bible Verse Review
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he saith: Isaiah 42:4, Daniel 6:10, Luke 6:8, John 9:4, 1 Corinthians 15:58, Galatians 6:9, Philippians 1:14, Philippians 1:28-30, 1 Peter 4:1

Stand forth: or, Arise, stand forth in the midst

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate."

Genesis 3:13
Then Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said,"I will greatly multiplyYour pain and conception,In pain you will bear children;Your desire will be for your husband,And he will rule over you."

Genesis 3:17
Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it';Cursed is the ground because of you;In pain you will eat of itAll the days of your life.

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to him in the dream, "Indeed, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also held you back from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.

1 Chronicles 16:22
"Do not touch My anointed ones,And against My prophets do no evil."

Job 1:11
But send forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face."

Job 2:5
However, send forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You in Your face."

Job 19:21
Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,For the hand of God has smitten me.

1 Corinthians 7:1
Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand,.... After he had reasoned with them from the lesser to the greater, upon their own principles and practices, in relieving and taking out a sheep fallen into a ditch, on a sabbath day, Matthew 12:10, and knowing "their thoughts", as Luke says, Luke 6:8, their reasonings and designs; and as the Persic version here, from thence "understanding their conspiracy", turns himself to the lame man, and bids him

stand forth: or, as in Luke, "rise up and stand forth in the midst", Luke 6:8. He bid him rise up from his seat, and stand forth in the midst of the synagogue: this he said, partly to raise the attention of the people to the following miracle; and partly to move commiseration upon the sight of the object; and to aggravate the hard heartedness of the Pharisees; as also, that it might be manifest to all, that the man's hand was really withered; and that there was no fraud in the following cure.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this explained in Matthew 12:9-13.

Mark 3:4

Or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? - It seems to have been a maxim with the Jews that not to do good when we have an opportunity is to do evil; not to save life is to kill or to be guilty of murder. If a man has an opportunity of saving a man’s life when he is in danger, and does not do it, he is evidently guilty of his death. On this principle our Saviour puts this question to the Jews - whether it was better for him, having the power to heal this man, to do it, or to suffer him to remain in this suffering condition; and he illustrates it by an example, showing that in a manner of much less importance - that respecting their cattle - they would do on the Sabbath just as “he” would if he should heal this man. The same remark may apply to all opportunities of doing good. “The ability to do good imposes an obligation to do it” (Cotton Mather) He that has the means of feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked, and instructing the ignorant, and sending the gospel to the destitute, and that does it not, is guilty, for he is practically doing evil; he is suffering evils to exist which he might remove. So the wicked will be condemned in the day of judgment because “they did it not,” Matthew 25:45. If this is true, what an obligation rests upon the rich to do good!

Mark 3:5

With anger - With a severe and stern countenance; with indignation at their hypocrisy and hardness of heart. This was not, however, a spiteful or revengeful passion; it was caused by excessive “grief” at their state: “being grieved for the hardness of their hearts.” It was not hatred of the “men” whose hearts were so hard; it was hatred of the sin which they exhibited, joined with the extreme grief that neither his teaching nor the law of God, nor any means which could be used, overcame their confirmed wickedness. Such anger is not unlawful, Ephesians 4:26. However, in this instance, our Lord has taught us that anger is never lawful except when it is tempered with grief or compassion for those who have offended.

Hardness of their hearts - The heart, figuratively the seat of feeling or affection, is said to be tender when it is easily affected by the sufferings of others - by our own sin and danger - by the love and commands of God; when we are easily made to feel on the great subjects pertaining to our interest, Ezekiel 11:19-20. It is hard when nothing moves it; when a man is alike insensible to the sufferings of others, to the dangers of his own condition, and to the commands, the love, and the threatenings of God. It is most tender in youth, or when we have committed fewest crimes. It is made hard by indulgence in sin, by long resisting the offers of salvation, or by opposing any great and affecting appeals which God may make to us by his Spirit or providence, by affliction, or by a revival of religion. Hence, it is that the most favorable period for securing an interest in Christ, or for becoming a Christian, is in youth the first, the tenderest, and the best days of life. Nay, in the days of childhood, in the Sabbath-school, God may be found, and the soul prepared to die.