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Mark 3:8 KJV
Mark · chapter 3 · verse 8
And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, 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 3:8 · King James Version
Mark 3:8 in context
6And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
8And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, 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.
9And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
10For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemhierosolymaJerusalem = " set ye double peace" , denotes either the city itself or the…G2414 →
- multitudeplēthosa multitude, a great number, of men or things, the whole number, the whole multitude, the…G4128 →
- IdumaeaidoumaiaIdumaea, the name of a region between southern Palestine and the Arabian Petraea…G2401 →
- beyondperanbeyond, on the other sideG4008 →
- JordaniordanēsJordan = " the descender" , the one river of Palestine, has its course of little…G2446 →
- aboutperiabout, concerning, on account of, because of, around, nearG4012 →
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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, wherever any are gathered together in his name, whether in the synagogue or any where else, there is he in the midst of…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12