Mark 6:5 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 6:5

So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

BSB

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ASV

And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

KJV

And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory of Nazianzus

ORATION 30, ON THE SON 10-11 (390)

One meaning of "could not" is simply the limits of some human will. Take, for example, the point that Christ "could not" fulfill any signs in Nazareth was due to disbelief on their part. Something essential for healing is required on both sides—faith on the part of the patients, power on that of the healer. So one side without its counterpart "could not," so to speak, perform them. As this can be seen in medical care, it can also be seen in moral transformation.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, By unbelief and contempt of Christ men stop the current of his favours to them, and put a bar in their own door. He marvelled because of their unbelief,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

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

This passage shows us our Lord Jesus Christ in "his hometown," at Nazareth. It is a melancholy illustration of the wickedness of man's heart, and deserves special attention. We see, in the first place, how apt men are to undervalue things with which they are familiar . The men of Nazareth "were offended" at our Lord. They could not think it possible that one who had lived so many years among themselves, and whose brethren and sisters they knew, could deserve to be followed as a public teacher. Never had any place on earth such privileges as Nazareth.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐδύνατο	edunato	He was able	G1410 →
ἐκεῖ	ekei	there	G1563 →
ποιῆσαι	poiēsai	to do	G4160 →
οὐδεμίαν	oudemian	not any	G3762 →
δύναμιν,	dunamin	work of power	G1411 →
εἰ	ei	only	G1487 →
μὴ	mē	except	G3361 →
ὀλίγοις	oligois	on a few	G3641 →
ἀρρώστοις	arrōstois	sick	G732 →
ἐπιθεὶς	epitheis	having laid	G2007 →
τὰς	tas	the	G3588 →
χεῖρας	cheiras	hands	G5495 →
ἐθεράπευσεν.	etherapeusen	He healed.	G2323 →

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

The walk

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
Mark 9:23
“If You can?” echoed Jesus. “All things are possible to him who believes!”
leads to
- Hebrews 11:6
  And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 11:40
  Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- Matthew 17:20
  “Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’…
- Mark 11:23
  “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will…
- Matthew 21:21–22
  “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain,…
Through
Hebrews 4:2
For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13
  And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as the true word of God—the…
- Romans 10:16–17
  But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
Through
Matthew 13:58
And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.
leads to
- Mark 6:5–6
  So He could not perform any miracles there, except to lay His hands on a few of the sick and heal them.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

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