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, he was grieved at the hardness of their hearts and told the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 6Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against him, how they might kill him. Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a large crowd followed from Galilee, and a large crowd followed from Judea, 8Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and around Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to him because they heard about everything he was doing. 9Then he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, so that the crowd wouldn’t crush 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 10:23When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
• Matthew 12:15Jesus was aware of this and withdrew. Large crowds followed him, and he healed them all.
• Luke 6:12During those days he went out to the mountain to pray and spent all night in prayer to God.
• John 10:39Then they were trying again to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
• John 11:53So from that day on they plotted to kill him.
• Acts 14:5When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat and stone them,
• Acts 17:10As soon as it was night, the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. Upon arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.
• Matthew 4:25Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.
• Luke 6:17After coming down with them, he stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a great number of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon.
• Mark 1:39He went into all of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.
• Joshua 20:7So they designated Kedesh in the hill country of Naphtali in Galilee, 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 the one who commits manslaughter, with its pasturelands, Hammoth-dor with its pasturelands, and Kartan with its pasturelands — three cities.
• Luke 23:5But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee where he started even to here.”
• John 7:41Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does 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