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

3Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren’t his sisters here with us?” And so they took offense at him. 4Then Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house.” He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught. 7Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean 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 9:23Then Jesus said to him, “‘If you are able?’ All things are possible for the one who believes.”
• Genesis 19:22Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.)
• Genesis 32:25When the man saw that he could not defeat Jacob, he struck the socket of his hip so the socket of Jacob’s hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him.
• Isaiah 59:1Look, the Lord’s hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you.
• Matthew 13:58And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief.
• Hebrews 4:2For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

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