Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Mark 3:3
And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
3. he saith ] It would seem that the Pharisees first asked Him, “ Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? ” (Mat 12:10). This question He answered, as was His wont (Mat 21:24), by a counter-question, “ I will ask you one thing. Is it lawful on the Sabbath days to do good or to do evil? to save life or to destroy it? ”
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
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, Mt 12:10, and knowing “their thoughts”, as Luke says, Lu 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”, Lu 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.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Stand forth ( ). Step into the middle of the room where all can see. It was a bold defiance of the Christ’s spying enemies. Wycliff rightly puts it:
They aspieden him . They played the spy on Jesus. One can see the commotion among the long-bearded hypocrites at this daring act of Jesus.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Stand forth [ ] . Lit., rise into the midst. So Wyc., Rise into the middle. Tynd., Arise and stand in the midst.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “And He saith unto the man,” (kai legei to anthropo) “And He said directly to the man,” spoke directly to, or approached the afflicted man.
2) “Which had the withered hand,” (to ten cheira echonti kseran) “To the one who had a dry(lifeless) hand,” the hand the man was unable to use at all, Mar 3:1. It was our Lord’s healing, such normally incurables, that certified His Deity to the Jews, Joh 3:2; Joh 20:30-31.
3) “Stand forth.” (egeire eis to meson) “Arise into the midst,” of us, or get up, so that everyone here in the synagogue may see what occurs; as he did, giving occasion for the Lord to heal the hand and reprimand His would-be cynical fault-finders.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
3. Stand forth As Jesus is watched by them, he will show them that he intends no concealment and no dark juggle.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And he said to the man who had his hand withered, “come and stand among us”.’
Jesus was fully aware of the whole situation, and of the tension in the synagogue. We can imagine the long hall, and the Pharisees sitting there in the chief seats, and the pointed silence when Jesus came in, with eyes turning to look at the paralysed man. Jesus was left in no doubt as to what the situation was. And He could in fact have told the man to come and see Him after sunset, when the Sabbath was over. But that would then have been to concede that the Rabbis were right, and He was not prepared to do that, for in His eyes they had gone too far. He was not in any doubt about the situation. He knew that they were directly challenging His authority. So He called the man to come and stand where everyone could see.
‘Come and stand among us.’ This is literally, ‘Rise into the midst’.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Mar 3:3. And he said unto the manStand forth. Our Lord ordered the man to shew himself to the whole congregation, that the sight of his distress might move them to pity him, and that they might be the more sensibly struck with the miracle, when theysaw the withered hand restored to its former dimensions and activity in an instant.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Ver. 3. Stand forth ] That the miracle might be notified, and God the more glorified. It is a dishonour to a parent to hang his picture in a dark corner; so here, we should show forth the virtues of him who hath called us, 1Pe 2:9 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Mar 3:3 . : pregnant construction = arise and come forth into the midst. Then, the man standing up in presence of all, Jesus proceeds to catechise the would-be fault-finders.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
Stand forth = Rise up [and come] into (as in Mar 3:1) the midst.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Mar 3:3. , He saith) In order that the misery of the sick man might so much the more move the compassion of all.- ) An abbreviated expression for, arise, and go forth into the midst.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
he saith: Isa 42:4, Dan 6:10, Luk 6:8, Joh 9:4, 1Co 15:58, Gal 6:9, Phi 1:14, Phi 1:28-30, 1Pe 4:1
Stand forth: or, Arise, stand forth in the midst
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Jesus knew their thoughts but proceeded to heal the man.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Mar 3:3. Stand forth. This command is omitted by Matthew. The account of Luke (Luk 6:8) is fullest. The subsequent discourse is rendered more impressive by the position of the diseased man.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Rather than avoiding a conflict, Jesus provoked one. He did so to teach His critics a lesson. His question raised the issue of Sabbath observance from the level of what was legal to the level of what was moral. For Jesus not to heal the man would have been a violation of God’s purpose for the Sabbath, namely, to bring blessing to people. Moreover by healing the man Jesus was doing good whereas the Pharisees were doing evil on the Sabbath by trying to trap Him. Mark alone wrote that the critics kept quiet, probably to clarify their guilt.