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 left with his disciples for the Sea of Galilee. A large crowd from Galilee, Judea, 8Jerusalem, Idumea, and from across the Jordan River, and from around Tyre and Sidon followed him. They came to him because they had heard about everything he was doing. Jesus told his disciples to have a boat ready so that the crowd would not crush him. 10He had cured so many that everyone with a disease rushed up to him in order to touch him. 11Whenever people with evil spirits saw him, they would fall down in front of him and shout, “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 5:30At that moment Jesus felt power had gone out of him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
• John 6:15Jesus realized that the people intended to take him by force and make him king. So he returned 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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• Jesus, the Christ

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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