Mark 6:5

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

3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? Aren’t His sisters here with us as well?” And they took offense at Him. 4Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.” So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them. 6And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people. 7Then Jesus called the Twelve to Him and began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

Mark 6:5 word by word

καὶ οὐκ ἐδύνατο ἐκεῖ ποιῆσαι οὐδεμίαν δύναμιν, εἰ μὴ ὀλίγοις ἀρρώστοις ἐπιθεὶς τὰς χεῖρας ἐθεράπευσεν.Read the interlinear

• ·καίkai · andG2532
• He could notοὐou · noG3756
• He could notδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• performποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• ·οὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• miraclesδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• exceptεἰei · if: notG1487
• exceptμήmē · notG3361
• to layἐπιτίθημιepitithēmi · to put/lay onG2007
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• handsχείρcheir · handG5495
• on a fewὀλίγοςoligos · little/fewG3641
• of the sickἄρρωστοςarrhōstos · illG732
• healθεραπεύωtherapeuō · to serve/healG2323

Cross-references for Mark 6:5

• Mark 9:23“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
• Genesis 19:22Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
• Genesis 32:25When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
• Isaiah 59:1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
• Matthew 13:58And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
• Hebrews 4:2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

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

Topics related to Mark 6:5

• Hand
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Estate
• Fifty
• Folk
• Miracle
• Quarrel
• Testimony
• Thence
• Good
• Hands; Hands, Imposition, Laying On of
• Healing, Gifts of

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