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 Living Translation (NLT)And because of their unbelief, he couldn’t do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them.

Context of Mark 6:5

3Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” So they were offended at Him. 4But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own country, among his own relatives, and in his own house.” Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. 6And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the villages in a circuit, teaching. 7And He called the twelve to Himself, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them power over 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 9:23Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
• Genesis 19:22Hurry, escape there. For I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
• Genesis 32:25Now when He saw that He did not prevail against him, He touched the socket of his hip; and the socket of Jacob’s hip was out of joint as He wrestled with him.
• Isaiah 59:1Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear.
• Matthew 13:58Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
• Hebrews 4:2For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

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