Mark 3:9

Mark 3:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
• New International Version (NIV)Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him.

Context of Mark 3:9

7Jesus 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. Then he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, so that the crowd wouldn’t crush him. 10Since he had healed many, all who had diseases were pressing toward him to touch him. 11Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

Mark 3:9 word by word

Καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ἵνα πλοιάριον προσκαρτερῇ αὐτῷ διὰ τὸν ὄχλον ἵνα μὴ θλίβωσιν αὐτόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he spakeλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• toὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• toμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• a small shipπλοιάριονploiarion · small boatG4142
• should waitπροσκαρτερέωproskartereō · to continue in/withG4342
• because ofδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the multitudeὄχλοςochlos · crowdG3793
• lestμήmē · notG3361
• they should throngθλίβωthlibō · to press onG2346

Cross-references for Mark 3:9

• Mark 5:30Immediately Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?”
• John 6:15Therefore, when Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

Commentaries on Mark 3:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9A small ship - . The lytil boot, Old English MS. It was doubtless something of the boat kind, which probably belonged to some of the disciples. Our Lord was at this time teaching by the sea of Galilee. The word ship is utterly improper in many places of our translation, and tends to mislead the people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9A small ship - Rather a “boat.” There were properly speaking, no “ships” on the Sea of Tiberias. This was probably a small boat that belonged to the disciples, in which he could draw off from the shore, and teach the people without being pressed by them. Lest they should throng him - They pressed upon him in great numbers. He had healed many, and those who were still diseased pressed or crowded on him, so that his labors were interrupted and embarrassed…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. 9The boat likely belonged to Peter and Andrew or James and John. The crowd wanted to see Jesus so much that he needed to avoid being crushed by the people (4:1; 5:24, 31).Read the comment

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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