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Mark 3:4

Mark 3:4
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he saith unto them,.... Either to the whole multitude, to all the assembly in the synagogue; and so the Persic version renders it, "again he said to the multitude"; or rather, to the Scribes and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Mark 3:1-5

See this explained in Mat 12:9-13. Mar 3:4 Or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? - It seems to have been a maxim with the Jews that not to do good when we have an opportunity is to do evil; not to…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

To do good - or - evil? to save life, or to kill? - It was a maxim with the Jews, as it should be with all men, that he who neglected to preserve life when it was in his power, was to be reputed a…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Mark 3:1-12

Here, as before, we have our Lord Jesus busy at work in the synagogue first, and then by the sea side; to teach us that his presence should not be confined either to the one or to the other, but,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

But they held their peace St Mark alone mentions this striking circumstance, as also what we read in the next verse, that "He looked round about on them with anger."

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