New Living Translation
Mark 2:3
3four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat.
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 Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. 2Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them, four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. 4They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. 5Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”
Read all of Mark 2Mark 2:3 word by word
Καὶ ἔρχονται φέροντες πρὸς αὐτὸν παραλυτικὸν αἰρόμενον ὑπὸ τεσσάρων.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- they comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- bringingφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
- one sick of the palsyπαραλυτικόςparalutikos · paralyticG3885
- which was borneαἴρωairō · to take upG142
- ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
- fourτέσσαρεςtessares tessara · fourG5064
Cross-references for Mark 2:3
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
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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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