Mark 2:3

Mark 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four.
• New International Version (NIV)Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man, carried by four of them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then they came to Him, bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men.

Context of Mark 2:3

1When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home. 2And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them. And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. 4Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. 5And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

Mark 2:3 word by word

Καὶ ἔρχονται φέροντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν αἰρόμενον ὑπὸ τεσσάρων.Read the interlinear

• And they cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• bringingφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
• paralyticπαραλυτικόςparalutikos · paralyticG3885
• carriedαἴρωairō · to take upG142
• by fourτέσσαρεςtessares tessara · fourG5064

Cross-references for Mark 2:3

• Matthew 9:1Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city.
• Luke 5:18And some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him.

Commentaries on Mark 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3One sick of the palsy - A paralytic person. See on Matthew 9:2; (note), etc. Borne of four - Four men, one at each corner of the sofa or couch on which he lay: this sick man appears to have been too feeble to come himself, and too weak to be carried in any other way.Read the comment
• 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. 1-12This controversy story is also a miracle story. It includes both a dispute and an act of healing or power. Because it contains a miracle, it connects with the earlier group of miracle stories in 1:21–45.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. And they come unto him--that is, towards the house where He was. bringing one sick of the palsy--"lying on a bed" (Mt 9:2). which was borne of four--a graphic particular of Mark only.Read the comment

Topics related to Mark 2:3

• Intercession
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles

In the dictionaries

• Blaspheme
• Blasphemy
• Palsy
• Press
• Forgiveness
• Jesus Christ
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Palsy; Paralysis

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