American Standard Version
Mark 6:5
5And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
Mark 6:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- New International Version (NIV)He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
Context of Mark 6:5
3Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended in him. 4And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. 6And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages teaching. 7And he calleth unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits;
Read all of Mark 6Mark 6:5 word by word
καὶ οὐκ ἐδύνατο ἐκεῖ ποιῆσαι οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν, εἰ μὴ ὀλίγοις ἀρρώστοις ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας ἐθεράπευσεν.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Mark 6:5
- Mark 9:23And Jesus said unto him, If thou canst! All things are possible to him that believeth.
- Genesis 19:22Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 32:25And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.
- Isaiah 59:1Behold, Jehovah’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
- Matthew 13:58And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
- Hebrews 4:2For indeed we have had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard.
Commentaries on Mark 6:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-6Verses 1-6 See this passage explained in the notes at Matthew 13:54-58.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Faith and healing are often connected in Mark (2:5; 5:34, 36; 9:23–24; 10:52). The miracles of Jesus were not performances but miraculous signs of God's kingdom. To enter this kingdom and receive its benefits, one must repent and have faith (1:15). Jesus healed some sick people, but the lack of faith in his own village amazed Jesus. This was unusual. This part of Mark describes Jesus being rejected by (3:7–6:6a): his family (3:21, 31–35), the scribes…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 6
- 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
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