Marc 3:3

3 Et Jésus dit à l'homme qui avait la main sèche: Lève-toi, là au milieu.

Marc 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 3:3

And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand
After he had reasoned with them from the lesser to the greater, upon their own principles and practices, in relieving and taking out a sheep fallen into a ditch, on a sabbath day, ( Matthew 12:10 Matthew 12:11 ) , and knowing "their thoughts", as Luke says, ( Luke 6:8 ) , their reasonings and designs; and as the Persic version here, from thence "understanding their conspiracy", turns himself to the lame man, and bids him

stand forth:
or, as in Luke, "rise up and stand forth in the midst", ( Luke 6:8 ) . He bid him rise up from his seat, and stand forth in the midst of the synagogue: this he said, partly to raise the attention of the people to the following miracle; and partly to move commiseration upon the sight of the object; and to aggravate the hard heartedness of the Pharisees; as also, that it might be manifest to all, that the man's hand was really withered; and that there was no fraud in the following cure.

Marc 3:3 In-Context

1 Jésus entra de nouveau dans la synagogue. Il s'y trouvait un homme qui avait la main sèche.

2 Ils observaient Jésus, pour voir s'il le guérirait le jour du sabbat: c'était afin de pouvoir l'accuser.

3 Et Jésus dit à l'homme qui avait la main sèche: Lève-toi, là au milieu.

4 Puis il leur dit: Est-il permis, le jour du sabbat, de faire du bien ou de faire du mal, de sauver une personne ou de la tuer? Mais ils gardèrent le silence.

5 Alors, promenant ses regards sur eux avec indignation, et en même temps affligé de l'endurcissement de leur coeur, il dit à l'homme: Etends ta main. Il l'étendit, et sa main fut guérie.