Mark 1:30 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 1:30

Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever; and straightway they tell him of her:

KJV

But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

TRACTATE ON MARK'S GOSPEL 2 (420)

Can you imagine Jesus standing before your bed and you continue sleeping? It is absurd that you would remain in bed in his presence. Where is Jesus? He is already here offering himself to us. "In the middle," he says, "among you he stands, whom you do not recognize." "The kingdom of God is in your midst." Faith beholds Jesus among us. If we are unable to seize his hand, let us prostrate ourselves at his feet. If we are unable to reach his head, let us wash his feet with our tears.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1236: “The Best House-visitation” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1875)

WE SEE BEFORE US small beginnings and grand endings. One man is called by the voice of Jesus, and then another; the house wherein they dwell is consecrated by the Lord's presence, and by-and-by the whole city is stirred from end to end with the name and fame of the Great Teacher.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Mark (lightly modernized text, Grace Gems edition) (1857)

These verses begin the long list of miracles which Mark's Gospel contains. They tell us how our Lord cast out devils in Capernaum, and healed Peter's wife's mother of a fever. We learn, in the first place, from these verses, the uselessness of a mere intellectual knowledge of religion . Twice we are specially told that the unclean spirits know our Lord. In one place it says, "they knew Him." to another, the devil cries out, "I know you who you are, the Holy One of God."

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	and	G1161 →
πενθερὰ	penthera	the mother-in-law	G3994 →
Σίμωνος	Simōnos	of Simon	G4613 →
κατέκειτο	katekeito	was laying sick	G2621 →
πυρέσσουσα,	puressousa	fevering,	G4445 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εὐθὺς	euthus	immediately	G2112 →
λέγουσιν	legousin	they speak	G3004 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
περὶ	peri	about	G4012 →
αὐτῆς.	autēs	her.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 11:3
So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
leads to
- John 11:5
  Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
- Revelation 3:19
  Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- Hebrews 12:6–7
  For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Through
1 Corinthians 9:5
Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
leads to
- John 1:42
  Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).
- Acts 1:14
  With one accord they all continued in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
Through
Mark 5:23
and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
leads to
- Luke 13:13
  Then He placed His hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and began to glorify God.
- Luke 4:40
  At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
- Mark 16:18
  they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark