Mark 3:7

Mark 3:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,
• New International Version (NIV)Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea
• New King James Version (NKJV)But Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed Him, and from Judea

Context of Mark 3:7

5After looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness and arrogance of their hearts, He told the man, “Hold out your hand.” And he held it out, and his hand was [completely] restored. 6Then the Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians [to plot] against Him, as to how they might [fabricate some legal grounds to] put Him to death. Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a large crowd from Galilee followed Him; and also people from Judea, 8and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and [from the region] beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon; a vast number of people came to Him because they were hearing about all [the things] that He was doing. 9And He told His disciples to have a small boat stand ready for Him because of the many people, so that they would not crowd Him;

Mark 3:7 word by word

Καὶ ὁ Ἰησοῦς μετὰ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ ἀνεχώρησεν πρὸς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ πολὺ πλῆθος ἀπὸ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ἠκολούθησεν καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἸουδαίαςRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butκαίkai · andG2532
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• withdrew himselfἀναχωρέωanachōreō · to leaveG402
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• the seaθάλασσαthalassa · seaG2281
• a greatπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• multitudeπλῆθοςplēthos · multitudeG4128
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• GalileeΓαλιλαίαGalilaia · GalileeG1056
• followedἀκολουθέωakoloutheō · to followG190
• JudeaἸουδαίαIoudaia · JudeaG2449

Cross-references for Mark 3:7

• Matthew 10:23“When they persecute you in one city [because of your faith in Me], flee to the next; for I assure you and most solemnly say to you, you will not finish going through all the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
• Matthew 12:15Being aware of this, Jesus left there. Many followed Him, and He healed all of them [who were sick],
• Luke 6:12Now at this time Jesus went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.
• John 10:39So they tried again to seize Him, but He eluded their grasp.
• John 11:53So from that day on they planned together to kill Him.
• Acts 14:5When there was an attempt by both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to shamefully mistreat and to stone them,
• Acts 17:10The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea; and when they arrived, they entered the Jewish synagogue.
• Matthew 4:25Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and the other side of the Jordan.
• Luke 6:17Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a vast multitude of people from all over Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon,
• Mark 1:39So He went throughout Galilee, preaching [the gospel] in their synagogues and casting out demons.
• Joshua 20:7So they set apart and consecrated Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.
• Joshua 21:32From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for anyone who committed manslaughter, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities.
• Luke 23:5But they were insistent and said, “He stirs up the people [to rebel], teaching throughout Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as here [in Jerusalem].”
• John 7:41Others said, “This is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)!” But others said, “Surely the Christ is not going to come out of Galilee, is He?

Commentaries on Mark 3:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Galilee - See Matthew 4:13, Matthew 4:15.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7To the sea - The Sea of Galilee, or to the lonely regions which surrounded the sea, where he might be in obscurity, and avoid their designs against his life. His time had not yet come, and he prudently took care of his life, thus showing that we are not needlessly to throw ourselves into danger. Galilee - See the notes at Matthew 2:22. Judea - The southern division of the land of Palestine. Jerusalem - Jerusalem was “in” Judea. It is mentioned…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 All our sicknesses and calamities spring from the anger of God against our sins. Their removal, or the making them blessings to us, was purchased to us by the blood of Christ. But the plagues and diseases of our souls, of our hearts, are chiefly to be dreaded; and He can heal them also by a word. May more and more press to Christ to be healed of these plagues, and to be delivered from the enemies of their souls.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-12Jesus went to the lake (the Sea of Galilee), which prepares for the events in 4:1–5:43. The large crowd that came to see John the Baptist (1:7) was smaller than the crowd that came to see Jesus. Idumea was a region in southern Judea, settled by the Edomites after the exile in Babylon. Tyre and Sidon were Phoenician cities on the Mediterranean coast that Jesus later visited (7:24, 31).Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 3:7

• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Prudence

In the dictionaries

• Galilee
• Jesus
• Judea
• Judaea, or Judea
• Galilee, Galilean
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Judea, Judah
• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Blaspheme
• Ordain

Commentaries on Mark 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings