God’s Word Translation
Mark 2:11
11“I’m telling you to get up, pick up your cot, and go home!”
Mark 2:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
- New International Version (NIV)“I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
Context of Mark 2:11
9Is it easier to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, pick up your cot, and walk’? 10I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then he said to the paralyzed man, “I’m telling you to get up, pick up your cot, and go home!” 12The man got up, immediately picked up his cot, and walked away while everyone watched. Everyone was amazed and praised God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.” 13Jesus went to the seashore again. Large crowds came to him, and he taught them.
Read all of Mark 2Mark 2:11 word by word
σοὶ λέγω· ἔγειρε, ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ ὕπαγε εἰς τὸν οἶκόν σου.¶Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Mark 2:11
- Mark 1:41Jesus felt sorry for him, reached out, touched him, and said, “I’m willing. So be clean!”
- John 5:8Jesus told the man, “Get up, pick up your cot, and walk.”
- John 6:63Life is spiritual. Your physical existence doesn’t contribute to that life. The words that I have spoken to you are spiritual. They are life.
Commentaries on Mark 2:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-12Verses 3-12 See this miracle explained in Matthew 9:2-8. Palsy - See the notes at Matthew 4:24. Borne of four - Carried upon a couch Matthew 9:2 by four men. Mark 2:4 The press - The crowd, the multitude of people. Jesus was probably in the large open area or hall in the center of the house. See the notes at Matthew 9:2. The people pressed into the area, and blocked up the door so that they could not have access to him. They uncovered the roof where he…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11Which is easier: to say … 'Your sins are forgiven': This claim cannot be directly proved or disproved, while the claim to heal can be. Jesus showed his ability to heal in order to show his authority to forgive.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house--This taking up the portable couch, and walking home with it, was designed to prove the completeness of the cure.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Mark 2
- 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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