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

3We know he is an ordinary man. He is the carpenter. He is the son of Mary and the brother of James, Joses, Simon and Judas. His sisters live here in the town among us. Isn't that true?’ So the people there turned against Jesus. 4Then Jesus said to them, ‘If a man is a prophet from God, people everywhere will respect him. But the people in his own town will not accept him. Even his own people and his own family will not respect him.’ Jesus could not do any powerful miracles in his own town. But he did put his hands on a few sick people and he made them well. 6Jesus was very surprised because the people there would not believe in him. Then he went to visit the other villages that were near there. He was teaching the people who lived in those villages. 7Jesus asked his 12 apostles to come to him. He started to send them out to tell God's message to people. He sent them out two by two and he gave them authority over bad 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• he couldδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• ·οὐou · noG3756
• thereἐκεῖekei · thereG1563
• doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• noοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• mighty workδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• save thatεἰei · if: notG1487
• ·μήmē · notG3361
• he laidἐπιτίθημιepitithēmi · to put/lay onG2007
• his handsὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• his handsχείρcheir · handG5495
• upon a fewὀλίγοςoligos · little/fewG3641
• sick folkἄρρωστοςarrhōstos · illG732
• and healedθεραπεύωtherapeuō · to serve/healG2323

Cross-references for Mark 6:5

• Mark 9:23Jesus said to the father, ‘You should not say, “If you can do anything.” Everything is possible for those people who believe.’
• Genesis 19:22But run there quickly. I cannot do anything until you arrive in the town.’ (The name of the town became ‘Zoar’, because it was small.)
• Genesis 32:25The man saw that he was not winning the fight against Jacob. So he hit Jacob's hip while they were fighting. In that way, Jacob's hip moved out of its proper place.
• Isaiah 59:1Listen! The Lord's hand is not too weak to save you. His ear is not too deaf to hear you.
• Matthew 13:58Jesus did not do many powerful things in that town because the people would not believe in him.
• Hebrews 4:2We have heard God's good news, just like God's people in the wilderness heard his message. But that message did not help them, because they did not believe it. They did not trust God, like those who obeyed him.

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