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Mark 3:10

He had healed so many that the sick people were pushing in on Him. They were trying to put their hands on Him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Jesus, the Christ;   Thompson Chain Reference - Association-Separation;   Contact;   Faith's Touch;   Personal Contact;   Popularity of Christ;   Thronged, Christ;   Touch;   Touching Christ;   The Topic Concordance - Healing;   Jesus Christ;   Uncleanness;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Touch;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Andrew;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Mark, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Claim;   Pharisees (2);   Plague (2);   Popularity ;   Salvation;   Touch;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Mark, the Gospel According to;   Plague;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Since he had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward him to touch him.
King James Version (1611)
For he had healed many, insomuch that they preassed vpon him, for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
King James Version
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
English Standard Version
for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed around him to touch him.
New American Standard Bible
for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had diseases pushed in around Him in order to touch Him.
New Century Version
He had healed many people, so all the sick were pushing toward him to touch him.
Amplified Bible
for He had healed many, and as a result all who had diseases pressed around Him to touch Him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.
Legacy Standard Bible
for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him.
Berean Standard Bible
For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
Contemporary English Version
After Jesus had healed many people, the other sick people begged him to let them touch him.
Complete Jewish Bible
for he had healed many people, and all the sick kept pressing forward to touch him.
Darby Translation
For he healed many, so that they beset him that they might touch him, as many as had plagues.
Easy-to-Read Version
He had healed many of them, so all the sick people were pushing toward him to touch him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For hee had healed many, in so much that they preassed vpon him to touch him, as many as had plagues.
George Lamsa Translation
For he was healing so many, that others pushed toward him so as to touch him.
Good News Translation
He had healed many people, and all the sick kept pushing their way to him in order to touch him.
Lexham English Bible
For he had healed many, so that all those who were suffering from diseases pressed about him in order that they could touch him.
Literal Translation
For He healed many, so that they fell on Him, that they might touch Him, as many as had plagues.
American Standard Version
for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him.
Bible in Basic English
For he had made such a great number well that all those who were diseased were falling down before him for the purpose of touching him.
Hebrew Names Version
For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
International Standard Version
For he had healed so many people that all who had diseases kept crowding up against him in order to touch him.
Etheridge Translation
for he had healed multitudes, until they were falling [fn] upon him to touch him.
Murdock Translation
For he had healed many, so that they rushed upon him, in order to touch him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he had healed many: insomuche, that they preassed vpon him for to touch hym, as many as had plagues.
English Revised Version
for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed upon him that they might touch him.
World English Bible
For he had healed many, so that as many as had diseases pressed on him that they might touch him.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For he had healed many, so that they rushed in upon him, as many as had plagues.
Weymouth's New Testament
For He had cured many of the people, so that all who had any ailments pressed upon Him, to touch Him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for he heelide many, so that thei felden fast to hym, to touche hym. And hou many euer hadde syknessis, and vnclene spirits,
Update Bible Version
for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues pressed on him that they might touch him.
Webster's Bible Translation
For he had healed many; so that they pressed upon him to touch him, as many as had diseases.
New English Translation
For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him.
New King James Version
For He healed many, so that as many as had afflictions pressed about Him to touch Him.
New Living Translation
He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him.
New Revised Standard
for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For he cured many, so that they were besieging him, that they might touch him - as many as had plagues;
Douay-Rheims Bible
For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils.
Revised Standard Version
for he had healed many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For he had healed many in somoche that they preased apon him for to touche him as many as had plages.
Young's Literal Translation
for he did heal many, so that they threw themselves on him, in order to touch him -- as many as had plagues;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for he healed many of them, in so moch, that all they which were plaged,preased vpon him, that they might touch him.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for having healed abundance of people, all that were afflicted with any grievous distemper pressed upon him to touch him.
Simplified Cowboy Version
He had healed so many people with various ailments that all kinds of sick people were trying to touch him.

Contextual Overview

1 Jesus went into the Jewish place of worship again. A man was there with a dried-up hand. 2 The proud religious law-keepers watched Jesus to see if He would heal the man on the Day of Rest. They wanted to have something to say against Jesus. 3 Jesus said to the man with the dried-up hand, "Stand up." 4 Then Jesus said to the proud religious law-keepers, "Does the Law say to do good on the Day of Rest or to do bad, to save life or to kill?" But they said nothing. 5 Jesus looked around at them with anger. He was sad because of their hard hearts. Then He said to the man, "Put out your hand." He put it out and his hand was healed. It was as good as the other. 6 The proud religious law-keepers went out and made plans with the followers of King Herod how they might kill Jesus. 7 Jesus went with His followers to the sea. Many people followed Him from the countries of Galilee and Judea. 8 They followed from Jerusalem and from the country of Idumea. They came from the other side of the Jordan River and from the cities of Tyre and Sidon. Many people heard all that Jesus was doing and came to Him. 9 He told His followers to have a small boat ready for Him because so many people might push Him down. 10 He had healed so many that the sick people were pushing in on Him. They were trying to put their hands on Him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he had: Matthew 12:15, Matthew 14:14

pressed: or, rushed, touched, Mark 5:27, Mark 5:28, Mark 6:56, Matthew 14:36, Acts 5:15, Acts 19:11, Acts 19:12

as many: Mark 5:29, Genesis 12:17, Numbers 11:33, Luke 7:2, Hebrews 12:6

Reciprocal: Matthew 4:23 - healing Mark 5:24 - and thronged Luke 4:40 - and he Luke 6:19 - sought Luke 7:21 - plagues

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
The man and his wife were both without clothes and were not ashamed.
Genesis 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were without clothes. So they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves clothing.
Genesis 3:17
Then He said to Adam, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I told you, "Do not eat from it," the ground is cursed because of you. By hard work you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:18
It will grow thorns and thistles for you. You will eat the plants of the field.
Exodus 3:6
He said also, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face. For he was afraid to look at God.
Exodus 32:25
Moses saw that Aaron had let the people go wild and become a shame to those who hated them.
Job 23:15
So I am afraid to be with Him. When I think about it, I am very afraid of Him.
Psalms 119:120
My flesh shakes in fear of You, and I am afraid of how You may punish.
Isaiah 33:14
Sinners in Zion are filled with fear. The sinful shake with fear. They cry, "Who among us can live with the fire that destroys? Who among us can live with the fire that burns forever?"
Isaiah 47:3
Your body will not be covered, and your shame will be seen. I will punish, and will not show pity to any man."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he had healed many,.... Of various diseases, and the fame of this brought more still to him:

insomuch that they pressed upon him; or pushed upon him, with great eagerness and violence. The Arabic version renders it, "they rushed upon him, so that they fell": they pushed on, and pressed so hard to get to him, that they fell upon one another, and on him: the Persic version renders it, "they cast themselves on him, for the sake of touching him"; which must be very troublesome indeed. Though some think the phrase signifies no more, than that they fell down before him at his feet, in a submissive and petitionary way, entreating they might have the favour

for to touch him; either any part of his body, or his garments, even the hem of them: and so the Ethiopic version translates the words; "they prayed him that they might touch him"; see Mark 6:56.

As many as had plagues; of leprosy, and other diseases, which were inflicted on them by God, as scourges and chastisements for their sins, as the word signifies, and which answers to נגעים, "Negaim"; concerning which, there is a whole treatise in the Misna; and which bears that name, and particularly regards the plagues of leprosy. Some versions join this with the beginning of the next verse. The Syriac version reads thus, "who had plagues of unclean spirits"; as if these plagues were their being possessed by unclean spirits. The Persic version thus, "having plagues from unclean spirits"; as if these plagues were inflicted upon them by them, and which was sometimes the case. The Arabic version after this manner, "who had diseases and unclean spirits"; both the one and the other.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As many as had plagues - As many as had diseases or maladies of body or mind. The word plague, now confined to the pestilence, does not express the meaning of the original, and tends to mislead.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Mark 3:10. They pressed upon himRushed upon him, επιπιπτειν - through eagerness to have their spiritual and bodily maladies immediately removed.

Plagues. — Rather disorders, μαστιγας; properly such disorders as were inflicted by the Lord. The word plague also tends to mislead.


 
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