Mark 3 · Verse 5

Mark 3:5

And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mark 3:5, King James Version

Mark 3:5 in other translations

BSBJesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
WEBWhen he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored as healthy as the other.
ASVAnd when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.
YLTAnd having looked round upon them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their heart, he saith to the man, ‘Stretch forth thy hand;' and he stretched forth, and his hand was restored whole as the other;
DARBYAnd looking round upon them with anger, distressed at the hardening of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch out thy hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.
BBEAnd looking round on them he was angry, being sad because of their hard hearts; and he said to the man, Put out your hand. And he put it out, and his hand was made well.
WebsterAnd when he had looked around on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

What does Mark 3:5 mean?

Barnes' Notes
Verse 5. With anger. With a severe and stern countenance; with indignation at their hypocrisy and hardness of heart. This was not, however, a spiteful or revengeful passion; it was caused by excessive grief at their state. It was not sudden and tumultuous hatred of the men whose hearts were so hard; it was hatred of the sin which they exhibited, joined with the extreme grief that neither his teaching, nor the law of God, nor any means which could be used, overcame their confirmed wickedness. Such anger is not unlawful, Eph 4:26. And, in this instance, our Lord has taught us that anger is never lawful, except when it is tempered with grief or compassion for those who have offended.

Hardness of their hearts. The heart--figuratively the seat of feeling, or affection is said to be tender when it is easily affected by the sufferings of others; by our own sin and danger; by the love and commands of God;--when we are easily made to feel on the great subjects pertaining to our interest, Eze 11:19,20. It is hard, when nothing moves it; when a man is alike insensible to the sufferings of others, the dangers of his own condition, and the commands, the love, and the threatenings of God. It is most tender in youth, or when we have committed fewest crimes. It is made hard by indulgence in sin; by long resisting the offers of life; or by opposing any great and affecting appeals which God may make to us by his Spirit or Providence, by affliction, or by a revival of religion. Hence it is that the most favourable period for securing an interest in Christ, or for becoming a Christian, is in youth; the first, the tenderest, and the best days of life. Nay, in the days of childhood--in the Sabbath-school--God may be found, and the soul prepared to die.

(1) "hardness" or, "blindness"

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 With anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts - These words are not found in any of the other evangelists. For πωρωσει hardness, or rather callousness, the Codex Bezae, and four of the Itala, read νεκρωσει, deadness; the Vulgate and some of the Itala, caecitate, blindness. Join all these together, and they will scarcely express the fullness of this people's wretchedness. By a long resistance to the grace and Spirit of God, their hearts had become callous; they were past feeling. By a long opposition to the light of God, they became dark in their understanding, were blinded by the deceitfulness of sin, and thus were past seeing. By a long continuance in the practice of every evil work, they were cut off from all union with God, the fountain of spiritual life; and, becoming dead in trespasses and sins, they were incapable of any resurrection but through a miraculous power of God. With anger. What was the anger which our Lord felt? That which proceeded from excessive grief, which was occasioned by their obstinate stupidity and blindness: therefore it was no uneasy passion, but an excess of generous grief. Whole as the other - This is omitted by the best MSS. and versions. Grotius, Mill, and Bengel approve of the omission, and Griesbach leaves it out of the text.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 3:1-5

This man's case was piteous; he had a withered hand, which disabled him from working for his living; and those that are so, are the most proper objects of charity. Let those be helped that cannot help themselves. But stubborn infidels, when they can say nothing against the truth, yet will not yield. We hear what is said amiss, and see what is done amiss; but Christ looks at the root of bitterness in the heart, the…

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Mark 3:5 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

καὶkaiAndG2532
περιβλεψάμενοςperiblepsamenoshaving looked around onG4017
αὐτοὺςautousthemG846
μετ᾽met᾽withG3326
ὀργῆς,orgēsanger,G3709
συλλυπούμενοςsullupoumenosbeing grievedG4818
ἐπὶepiatG1909
τῇtēatheG3588
πωρώσειpōrōseihardnessG4457
τῆςtēsof theG3588
καρδίαςkardiasheartG2588
αὐτῶν,autōnof them,G846
λέγειlegeiHe saysG3004
τῷtōto theG3588
ἀνθρώπῳ·anthrōpōman;G444
ἔκτεινονekteinondo stretch outG1614
τὴνtēntheG3588
χεῖραcheirahandG5495
σου.souof you.G4771
καὶkaiAndG2532
ἐξέτεινεν,exeteinenhe stretched [it] out,G1614
καὶkaiandG2532
ἀπεκατεστάθηapekatestathēwas restoredG600
ἡhētheG3588
χεὶρcheirhandG5495
αὐτοῦautouof himG846
ὑγιὴςhugiēssoundG5199
ὡςhōsasG5613
ἡhē<the>G3588
ἄλλη.¶allēanother.G243

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 3:5

  • Luke 6:10

    And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • Ephesians 4:18

    Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

  • Romans 11:25

    For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

  • 1 Kings 13:6

    And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.

  • Matthew 13:14-15

    And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

  • Matthew 12:13

    Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

  • Romans 11:7-10

    What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway.

  • Judges 10:16

    And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

  • Isaiah 6:9-10

    And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

  • John 5:8-9

    Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

  • Nehemiah 13:8

    And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.

  • Luke 19:40-44

    And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
with anger.With anger at their desperate malice and wickedness, and with commiseration for the calamities which they would thereby bring on themselves.
Lu 6:10; 13:15; Eph 4:26; Re 6:16
grieved.
Ge 6:6; Jud 10:16; Ne 13:8; Ps 95:10; Isa 63:9,10; Lu 19:40-44
Eph 4:30; Heb 3:10,17
hardness. or, blindness.
Isa 6:9,10; 42:18-20; 44:18-20; Mt 13:14,15; Ro 11:7-10,25
2Co 3:14; Eph 4:18
Stretch.
1Ki 13:6; Mt 12:13; Lu 6:10; 17:14; Joh 5:8,9; 9:7; Heb 5:9

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Context

  • 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.

  • Mark 3:5

    And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

  • Mark 3:6

    And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

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Mark 3:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y mirándolos alrededor con enojo, condoleciéndose de la ceguedad de su corazón, dice al hombre: Extiende tu mano. Y la extendió, y su mano fué restituída sana.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les ayant regardés à l’entour avec colère, étant attristé de l’endurcissement de leur cœur, il dit à l’homme: Étends ta main. Et il l’étendit, et sa main fut rétablie.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er blickte auf sie umher mit Zorn, betrübt über die Verstockung ihres Herzens, und spricht zu dem Menschen: Strecke deine Hand aus! Und er streckte sie aus, und seine Hand wurde wiederhergestellt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et circumspiciens eos cum ira, contristatus super cæcitate cordis eorum, dicit homini: Extende manum tuam. Et extendit, et restituta est manus illi.