Mark 3:9
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
Mark 3:9 in other translations
| BSB | Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him. |
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| WEB | He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn’t press on him. |
| ASV | And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng him: |
| YLT | And he said to his disciples that a little boat may wait on him, because of the multitude, that they may not press upon him, |
| DARBY | And he spoke to his disciples, in order that a little ship should wait upon him on account of the crowd, that they might not press upon him. |
| BBE | And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people; |
| Webster | And he spoke to his disciples, that a small boat should wait on him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. |
What does Mark 3:9 mean?
Barnes' Notes
Lest they should throng him. They pressed upon him in great numbers. He had healed many; and those who were still diseased pressed or crowded on him, so as to endanger his life. He therefore withdrew from the multitude, and sought a situation where he might be free from danger.
As many as had plagues. As many as had diseases, or maladies of body or mind. The word plague, now confined to the pestilence, does not express the meaning of the original, and tends to mislead.
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 3:6-12
All our sicknesses and calamities spring from the anger of God against our sins. Their removal, or the making them blessings to us, was purchased to us by the blood of Christ. But the plagues and diseases of our souls, of our hearts, are chiefly to be dreaded; and He can heal them also by a word. May more and more press to Christ to be healed of these plagues, and to be delivered from the enemies of their souls.
Mark 3:9 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 3:9
- Mark 5:30
And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
- John 6:15
When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
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Context
- Mark 3:8
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
- Mark 3:9
And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
- Mark 3:10
For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
Mark 3:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y dijo á sus discípulos que le estuviese siempre apercibida la barquilla, por causa del gentío, para que no le oprimiesen. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il dit à ses disciples qu’un petit bateau soit là à sa disposition, à cause de la foule, afin qu’elle ne le presse pas; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er sagte seinen Jüngern, daß ein Schifflein für ihn in Bereitschaft bleiben solle wegen der Volksmenge, auf daß sie ihn nicht drängten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et dicit discipulis suis ut navicula sibi deserviret propter turbam, ne comprimerent eum: |