Mark 3:7

Jesus Heals Crowds by the Sea

7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd from Galilee followed [him]. And from Judea

Mark 3:7 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:7

But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea,
&c.] Knowing their evil designs against him, he departed out of the synagogue, and city of Capernaum; and taking his disciples with him, he went to the shore of the sea of Galilee; not out of fear, but because his time was not yet come, and he had more work to do:

and a great multitude from Galilee:
from the several parts of it, in which country he now was:

and from Judea:
that part of the land of Israel, which was particularly so called, and belonged to the tribe of Judah.

Mark 3:7 In-Context

5 And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched [it] out, and his hand was restored.

6 And the Pharisees went out immediately with the Herodians {and began to conspire} against him with regard to how they could destroy him.

7 And Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd from Galilee followed [him]. And from Judea

8 and from Jerusalem and from Idumea and the other side of the Jordan and around Tyre and Sidon a great crowd came to him [because they] heard all that he was doing.

9 And he told his disciples that a small boat should stand ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not press upon him.

Footnotes

• [a] That is, the Sea of Galilee
• [b] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation